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| Designation: | 8in Howitzer M1861 |
| Model: | 8in Siege Howitzer M1861 |
| Identification No: | Alger 10: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Year : | 1863 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 2 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 16512 (Rep Lewis) added by House Mil Affairs Cmte |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Use: | West End Cemetery veterans burial plot |
| On loan to: | EB Young Post no 87 GAR |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1915-pt5-v52.pdf: doc pg 5194; pdf pg 856 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | E B Young Post 87, GAR | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Union-West End Cemetery | |
| near entrance at 12th St and Wayne St | ||
| Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 40.604439-75.483863 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 234: C110, 05 |
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Last update to record: 2024-12-15