Photo by DLBarker, 2025

Designation: 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon
Model: 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light M1857M2
Identification No: unknown 14859


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: not in our records
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 2 bronze cannon
Request doc.: 62nd Congress, Session III, SB 8273 as amended
Year: 1913
Delivery Doc: 62nd Congress, Session III, Chap 157, Act of Mar 4, 1913
On loan to: University of Utah
Reference: U.S. Statutes at Large, Volume 38 (1913-1915), 63rd Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/llsl-v38/


Comments: ex University of Utah, all markings polished off, in museum basement




Current Status: Storage
Access: Restricted entry
Location: Fort Douglas Military Museum
32 Potter St
Fort Douglas, Utah, USA
Lat/Long40.763927-111.833659 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

https://fortdouglas.org/
The Big Guns, pg 320: D109, 17

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Last update to record: 2025-08-27

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