Photo by DLBarker, 2025

Designation: 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon
Model: 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light, Confederate
Identification No: Augusta 57AF: CS


Designed by: Government Foundry and Machine Works (Augusta Arsenal)
Built at: Government Foundry and Machine Works (Augusta Arsenal)
Augusta, Georgia, USA
Year : 1862
Built as: Confederate Type 5
Inspector: George Washington Rains (GWR) 1863
foundry no.:
weight: 1,300 lbs
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government



Current Status: Static Display
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Confederate Cemetery
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Lat/Long41.518082-90.533983 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 321: D111, 15
Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War, pg 104

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Last update to record: 2025-12-09

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