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| Designation: | 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon |
| Model: | 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light, Confederate |
| Identification No: | Augusta 42AF: CS |
| Designed by: | Government Foundry and Machine Works (Augusta Arsenal) |
| Built at: | Government Foundry and Machine Works (Augusta Arsenal) |
| Augusta, Georgia, USA | |
| Year : | 1863 |
| Built as: | Confederate Type 5 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 10 captured 12-pdrs from Rock Island Arsenal |
| Request doc.: | 41st Congress, Session II, HR 117 by Mr Judd |
| Year: | 1870 |
| Delivery Doc: | 41st Congress, Session II, JR 015, Feb 21, 1870 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | Rock Island |
| Use: | for Rosehill Cemetery |
| On loan to: | Bridges Battery Association |
| Reference: | https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(cg0899)) |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Bridges Battery Association | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Rosehill Cemetery - Bridges Battery Monument | |
| 5800 N Ravenswood Ave | ||
| Chicago, Illinois, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 41.986783-87.676854 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 320: D111, 27 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2025-09-21