Do you have a photo that you would like to share?
send to: info@livinghistoryregistry.com
refer to record number 11975
| Designation: | 24-pdr Howitzer M1844 |
| Model: | 24-pdr Flank Howitzer M1844 |
| Identification No: | Alger 148: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Year : | 1847 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | two 4.5in Iron Guns |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1897 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 22924, Nov 17, 1897 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | New York |
| On loan to: | Lincoln Post no 140 GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 62 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Lincoln Post 140 GAR | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Civil War Memorial | |
| E Lincoln St at N 7th ST | ||
| Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 40.789585-76.557651 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 201: C47, 52 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2024-11-05