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| Designation: | 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon |
| Model: | 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light M1857M2 |
| Identification No: | Alger 138: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| construction no: | 1207 |
| Year : | 1863 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 1 brass cannon |
| Year: | 1916 |
| Delivery Doc: | 64th Congress, Session I, Chap 466, Act of Sep 8, 1916 |
| Document instructions: | Provided further, That each and every article of codemned military equipment covered by this act shall be subject at all times to the order of the Secretary of War. |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Use: | to be placed at the foot of the Confederate Monument in the public square |
| On loan to: | City of Vernon |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | City of Vernon | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Wilbarger County Courthouse | |
| 1700 Wilbarger | ||
| Vernon, Texas, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 34.152976-99.284180 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 313: C109, 18 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2024-11-05