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| Designation: | 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon |
| Model: | 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light M1857M2 |
| Identification No: | Hooper 223: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Hooper, Henry N and Co |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| construction no: | 243 |
| Year : | 1863 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | captured ordnance |
| Request doc.: | 40th Congress, Session III, HR 194 by Mr Schenck |
| Year: | 1868 |
| Delivery Doc: | 40th Congress, Session II, JR 024, Sec 2, Jul 27, 1868 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Use: | to fire salutes |
| On loan to: | National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers |
| Reference: | https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(cg0899)) |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Togus VA Center | |
| 1 VA Center | ||
| Augusta, Maine, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 44.280076-69.703528 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 316: D109, 28 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2024-11-05