Photo by Mark Slosek, 2019

Designation: 12-pdr Howitzer
Model: 12-pdr Field Howitzer Confederate
Identification No: 281


Designed by: Clark, John
Built at: Bellona Arsenal
Midlothian, Virginia, USA
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 2 bronze or brass cannon or fieldpieces with carriages 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 10247 (Rep Mott) added by House Mil Affairs Cmte
Provider: Sec War
On loan to: Fort Oswego Chapter DAR
Reference: GPO-CRECB-1915-pt5-v52.pdf: doc pg 5194; pdf pg 856



Current Status: Storage
Current Custodian: Fort Oswego Chapter DAR
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Oswego Public Works Department
114 Mitchell St
Oswego, New York, USA
Lat/Long43.469439-76.491137 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 328: D121, 04

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Last update to record: 2024-11-05

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