Photo by John Frick, 2025
| Designation: | 24-pdr Howitzer M1844 |
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| Model: | 24-pdr Flank Howitzer M1844 |
| Identification No: | Alger 031: US |
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| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Year : | 1846 |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | US Government |
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| Item: | one 24-pdr Howitzer |
| Request doc.: | via Secretary of War |
| Year: | 1897 |
| Delivery Doc: | Ordnance Dept Ltr 18516, Dec 13, 1897 |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Arsenal: | Fort Monroe |
| On loan to: | Blankinship Post GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance 1899 appendix 3 pg 52 |
| Current Status: | Static Display |
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| Current Custodian: | Blankinship Post no 77 GAR |
| Access: | Free Outdoor |
| Location: | Morgan County Courthouse |
| | 100 E Washington St |
| Martinsville, Indiana, USA |
| Lat/Long | 39.427304-86.428178 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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| The Big Guns, pg 201: C47, 02 |
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Last update to record: 2026-01-25
