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| Designation: | 42-pdr Gun |
| Model: | 42-pdr Seacoast Gun M1845, rifled |
| Identification No: | Fort Pitt 28: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Fort Pitt Foundry |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| construction no: | 312 |
| Year : | 1856 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Iron |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US National Park Service |
| Owner Reference No: | VICKC 2119 |
| Comments: | at USS Cairo, The Big Guns lists registration number as 8 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Access: | Fee Indoor | |
| Location: | Vicksburg National Military Park | |
| 3201 Clay St | ||
| Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 32.343863-90.850837 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| The Big Guns, pg 223: C81, 03 |
| Artillery of Vicksburg NMP, pg 265-266 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2020-06-06