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| Designation: | 8in Howitzer M1861 |
| Model: | 8in Siege Howitzer M1861 |
| Identification No: | Alger 12: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| construction no: | 1587 |
| Year : | 1863 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | two 8in Howitzers |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1897 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 21326, Jul 20, 1897 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | New York |
| On loan to: | Edwin Libbey Post no 16 GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 53 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Edwin Libbey Post 16 GAR | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Chapman Park Civil War Memorial | |
| Main St at Park St | ||
| Rockland, Maine, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 44.101967-69.109219 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 234: C110, 06 |
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Last update to record: 2024-11-05