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Designation: 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon
Model: 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light M1857M2
Identification No: Revere 185: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Revere Copper Co
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Year : 1863
Inspector: Thomas Jackson Rodman (TJR) 1859-64
foundry no.:207
weight:
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 1 bronze or brass cannon or fieldpiece with carriage and outfit of cannon balls
Request doc.: 63rd Congress, Session III, SB 5495 by Sen Chamberlain, amended
Year: 1915
Delivery Doc: 63rd Congress, Session III, Chap 178, Act of Mar 4, 1915
Document instructions: HR 13668 (Rep Hamlin) added by House Mil Affairs Cmte
Provider: Sec War
On loan to: City of Glasgow
Reference: GPO-CRECB-1915-pt5-v52.pdf: doc pg 5194; pdf pg 856



Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: City of Glasgow, MO
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Glasgow Library
315 Market St
Glasgow, Missouri, USA
Lat/Long39.226123-92.844136 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 318: D109, 44

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Last update to record: 2025-12-01

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