Do you have a photo that you would like to share?
send to: info@livinghistoryregistry.com
refer to record number 11952
| Designation: | 12-pdr Boat Howitzer M1849 |
| Model: | 12-pdr Dahlgren Boat Howitzer, Heavy |
| Identification No: | Ames 364: USN |
| Designed by: | Dahlgren, John A |
| Built at: | Ames Manufacturing Co Chicoppe |
| Chicoppe, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Year : | 1864 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 2 brass or bronze cannon or fieldpieces 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: | amended by House Mil Affairs Cmte |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Use: | placed in front of Armory |
| On loan to: | City of Pottsville |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1915-pt5-v52.pdf: doc pg 5193; pdf pg 855 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | City of Pottsville | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Schuylkill County Civil War Memorial | |
| W Market St at N 5th St | ||
| Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 40.684257-76.198922 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 191: C24, 34 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2024-11-05