

| Designation: | 24-pdr Howitzer M1844 |
| Model: | 24-pdr Flank Howitzer M1844 |
| Identification No: | Mount Vernon 50: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Mount Vernon Iron Works (Cooper) |
| Mt Vernon, Ohio, USA | |
| construction no: | 59 |
| Year : | 1864 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | two 24-pdr Howitzers |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1897 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 16015, Jan 18, 1897 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | Allegheny |
| On loan to: | Ephrata Monument Association |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 60 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Ephrata Monument Association | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Mt Zion Cemetery Civil War Memorial | |
| Old Mill Rd at S Reading Rd | ||
| Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 40.182609-76.191423 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 203: C47, 29 |
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