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Designation: 10in Light Mortar M1861
Model: 10in Siege Mortar M1861
Identification No: Fort Pitt 13: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Fort Pitt Foundry
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Year : 1863
Item Category: Artillery, Mortar

Memorial Information
Owner: US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)
Item: as many cannon of iron or bronze as desired
Request doc.: 41st Congress, Session II, HR 194, 323 by Mr Paine
Year: 1870
Delivery Doc: 41st Congress, Session II, JR 026, Mar 23, 1870
Provider: Sec War
Use: cemetery and soldiers monument
On loan to: National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Reference: https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(cg0899))
Document: TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918
Owner Reference No: 13



Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, OH
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Dayton National Cemetery
4400 W Third St
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Lat/Long39.746969-84.260052 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 256: C146, 25

In-House private documents:

TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918

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Last update to record: 2025-02-17

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