Photo by Jim Bender, 2024
| Designation: | 24-pdr Howitzer M1844 |
| Model: | 24-pdr Flank Howitzer M1844 |
| Identification No: | Alger 129: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Year : | 1847 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US National Park Service |
| Item: | 4 cannon, 16 shot |
| Request doc.: | 43rd Congress, Session I, HR 1910 by Mr Sheldon, amend to SB510 |
| Year: | 1874 |
| Delivery Doc: | 43rd Congress, Session I, Chap 204, Act of June 3, 1874 |
| Use: | ornamenting burial grounds of deceased soldiers |
| On loan to: | Officers of the Soldiers Monument Association |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1874-pt5-v2.pdf: Congressional Record pg 4202; pdf pg 206 |
| Comments: | AT GAR Memorial, South end of cemetery |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Chalmette National Cemetery | |
| 8606 W St Bernard Hwy | ||
| Chalmette, Louisiana, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 29.944128-89.986591 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 201: C47, 45 |
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Last update to record: 2025-10-21