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refer to record number 12229
| Designation: | 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon |
| Model: | 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light M1857M2 |
| Identification No: | Hooper 225: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Hooper, Henry N and Co |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| construction no: | 245 |
| Year : | 1863 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 2 cannon or fieldpieces with their carriages |
| 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: | mounted on either side of the Confederate monument |
| On loan to: | Town of Fincastle |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1915-pt5-v52.pdf: doc pg 5192, pdf pg 854 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Town of Fincastle | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Botetourt County Courthouse | |
| 1 West Main St | ||
| Fincastle, Virginia, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 37.499114-79.877861 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 316: D109, 29 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2024-11-05