photo courtesy of the Tennessee State Museum

Designation: 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon
Model: 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light M1857M2
Identification No: Hooper 165: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Hooper, Henry N and Co
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Year : 1863
Inspector: Thomas Jackson Rodman (TJR) 1859-64
foundry no.:176
weight: 1,231 lbs
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze

Memorial Information
Owner: Tennessee State Museum
Document: email: Lawrence Dahl , Curator of Military History, 17 Mar 2025
Owner Reference No: 1997.117.1



Current Status: Static Display
Access: Fee Indoor
Location: Tennessee State Museum
1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Lat/Long36.172233-86.790362 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

https://tnmuseum.org/
The Big Guns, pg 315: D109, 71

In-House private documents:

email: Lawrence Dahl , Curator of Military History, 17 Mar 2025

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Last update to record: 2025-08-01

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