Photo by DLBarker, 2025
| Designation: | 12-pdr Gun - Napoleon |
| Model: | 12-pdr Bronze Gun, Light M1857M2 |
| Identification No: | Hooper 019: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Hooper, Henry N and Co |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Year : | 1862 |
| Inspector: | Thomas Jackson Rodman (TJR) 1859-64 |
| foundry no.: | 17 |
| weight: | 1,237 lbs |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) |
| Item: | 1 cannon or fieldpiece with carriage and 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: | HR 15798 (Rep Anthony) added by House Mil Affairs Cmte |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| On loan to: | Horton Post GAR |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1915-pt5-v52.pdf: doc pg 5193; pdf pg 855 |
| Document: | TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918 |
| Owner Reference No: | 19 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | City of Hortonm KS | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Horton Municipal Cemetery | |
| 8th Ave E at E 6th ST | ||
| Horton, Kansas, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 39.657456-95.512412 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 314: D109, 67 |
In-House private documents: |
| TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2025-10-06