Photo by DLBarker, 2023

Designation: 12-pdr Howitzer M1841
Model: 12-pdr Field Howitzer M1841
Identification No: Ames 23: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Ames, NP Founder Springfield
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Year : 1844
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 2 bronze cannon with carriages with shot
Year: 1912
Delivery Doc: 62nd Congress, Session II, Chap 384 , Act of Aug 24, 1912
Provider: Sec War
On loan to: Chickamauga Post no 149 GAR
Reference: http://www.suvpac.org/memorials/CWM%20Calaveras%20County.pdf


Comments: howitzer on right




Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: Chickamauga Post no 149, GAR
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Calaveras County Veterans Memorial
891 Mountain Ranch Rd
San Andreas, California, USA
Lat/Long38.190739-120.667405 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 327: D120, 06

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Last update to record: 2024-11-05

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