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| Designation: | 24-pdr Howitzer M1841 |
| Model: | 24-pdr Field Howitzer M1841 |
| Identification No: | Alger 023: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| construction no: | 1211 |
| Year : | 1862 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 2 bronze or brass cannon and outfit two pyramids of 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: | amended by Rep Bell |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Use: | Soldiers Monumnet |
| On loan to: | City of Vincennes |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1915-pt5-v52.pdf: doc pg 5198; pdf pg 860 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | City of Vincennes | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Knox County Courthouse | |
| 111 North 7th St | ||
| Vincennes, Indiana, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 38.676934-87.526783 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 335: D133, 07 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2025-08-17