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| Designation: | 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon |
| Model: | 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light M1857M2 |
| Identification No: | Alger 098: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| construction no: | 1133 |
| Year : | 1862 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | Two condemned bronze fieldpieces or cannon with carriages and suitable outfit of cannon balls |
| Request doc.: | 60th Congress, Session I, HR 18519 by Rep Flood |
| Year: | 1908 |
| Delivery Doc: | 60th Congress, Session I, Chap 215: Sec 4, Act of May 28, 1908 |
| Document instructions: | To be subject at all times to the order of the Secretary of War |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Use: | used on the grounds surrounding monument in the courthouse square |
| On loan to: | Confederate Monument Association |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1908-pt9-v42.pdf: pdf pg 1634 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Confederate Monument Association | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Appomattox County Courthouse | |
| 297 Court St | ||
| Appomattox, Virginia, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 37.355712-78.829554 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 312: D109, 60 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2024-11-05