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| Designation: | 8in Howitzer M1861 |
| Model: | 8in Siege Howitzer M1861 |
| Identification No: | Alger 25: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| construction no: | 1710 |
| Year : | 1864 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | two 8in Howitzers |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1897 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 21586, Jun 15, 1897 |
| Arsenal: | New York |
| On loan to: | Cowles Post GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 58 |
| Document: | email: Ms. Valerie LaRobardier, Town Historian, Dover NY |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Cowles Post no 540 GAR, Dover Plains, NY | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | JHK Hose Co Civil War Veterans Monument | |
| 3133 NY-22 | ||
| Dover, New York, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 41.738792-73.580089 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 235: C110, 10 |
In-House private documents: |
| email: Ms. Valerie LaRobardier, Town Historian, Dover NY |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2025-08-26