Photo by John Frick, 2025

Designation: 10in Rodman Gun M1861
Model: 10in Columbiad M1861
Identification No: Fort Pitt 654: US


Designed by: Rodman, Thomas Jackson
Built at: Fort Pitt Foundry
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
construction no: 3340
Year : 1867
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: 1 bronze cannon
Year: 1916
Delivery Doc: 64th Congress, Session I, Chap 466, Act of Sep 8, 1916
Document instructions: Provided further, That each and every article of codemned military equipment covered by this act shall be subject at all times to the order of the Secretary of War.
Provider: Sec War
On loan to: City of Belvidere


Comments: requested a bronze cannon received this one?




Current Status: Static Display
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Belvidere Cemetery
1121 N Main St
Belvidere, Illinois, USA
Lat/Long42.27031-88.846704 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 249: C132, 52

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Last update to record: 2026-01-20

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