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Designation: 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon
Model: 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light M1857M2
Identification No: Revere 369: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Revere Copper Co
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
construction no: 373
Year : 1864
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 4 cannon, 16 shot
Request doc.: 43rd Congress, Session I, HR 2850 by Mr Hagans, amend to SB510
Year: 1874
Delivery Doc: 43rd Congress, Session I, Chap 204, Act of June 3, 1874
Provider: Sec War
Use: ornamenting burial grounds of deceased soldiers
On loan to: Post no 5 GAR
Reference: GPO-CRECB-1874-pt5-v2.pdf: Congressional Record pg 4202; pdf pg 206



Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: Post 5 GAR
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Oak Grove Cemetery
208 Dorsey Ave
Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Lat/Long39.622651-79.963762 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 319: D109, 68

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Last update to record: 2024-11-05

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