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| Designation: | 8in Mortar M1861 |
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| Model: | 8in Siege Mortar M1861 |
| Identification No: | Seyfert McManus 09: US |
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| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Seyfert, McManus and Co |
| Reading, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Year : | 1865 |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Mortar |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | US Government |
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| Item: | one 8in Iron Mortar |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1897 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 22686, Aug 25, 1897 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | New York |
| On loan to: | Geo S Cobb Post no 62 GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 53 |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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| The Big Guns, pg 240: C118, 63 |
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Last update to record: 2024-11-05
