Photo by Jim Bender, 2010

Designation: 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon
Model: 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light M1857M2
Identification No: Hooper 128: 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.:138
weight: 1,233 lbs
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 1 condemned bronze fieldpiece, with carriage and suitable outfit of cannon balls
Year: 1909
Delivery Doc: 60th Congress, Session II, Chap 319, Sec 15: Act of Mar 4, 1909
Provider: Sec War
Use: to be placed on the courthouse lawn in Monticello
On loan to: Donate to Sullivan County, NY



Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: Sullivan County, NY
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Sullivan County Courthouse
414 Broadway
Monticello, New York, USA
Lat/Long41.655117-74.684572 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 315: D109, 50

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Last update to record: 2025-08-01

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