Photo by Harold Coogan, 2006

Designation: 12-pdr Mountain Howitzer M1835
Model: 12-pdr M1835 Mountain Howitzer
Identification No: Ames 023:US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Ames Manufacturing Co Chicoppe
Chicoppe, Massachusetts, USA
Year : 1863
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 2 cannon or fieldpieces and outfit of cannon balls
Request doc.: 63rd Congress, Session III, SB 5495 by Sen Chamberlain, amended
Year: 1915
Delivery Doc: 63rd Congress, Session III, Chap 178, Act of Mar 4, 1915
Document instructions: amended by House Mil Affairs Cmte
Provider: Sec War
On loan to: City of Mena
Reference: GPO-CRECB-1915-pt5-v52.pdf: doc pg 5194; pdf pg 856


Comments: Gun on Left (North)




Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: City of Mena, AR
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Janssen Park
Maple Ave at 7th St
Mena, Arkansas, USA
Lat/Long34.5835833-94.23953333 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 331: D123, 74

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Last update to record: 2024-11-05

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