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| Designation: | 10in Light Mortar M1861 |
| Model: | 10in Siege Mortar M1861 |
| Identification No: | Seyfert McManus 12: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Seyfert, McManus and Co |
| Reading, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| construction no: | 294 |
| Year : | 1865 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Mortar |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | one 10in cast iron mortar |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1897 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 22779, Nov 11, 1897 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | Benicia |
| On loan to: | Heintzleman Post 33 GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 49 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Hemtzleman Post no 33, GAR | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Mount Hope Cemetery - GAR Section | |
| 3751 Market St | ||
| San Diego, California, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 32.707034-117.111769 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 256: C146, 32 |
| suvpac.org/memorials/CWM%20San%20Diego%20County.pdf |
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Last update to record: 2024-11-05