Photo by Jim Bender, 2025

Designation: 10in Light Mortar M1861
Model: 10in Siege Mortar M1861
Identification No: Fort Pitt 09: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Fort Pitt Foundry
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Year : 1862
Inspector: Charles Preble Kingsbury (CPK) 1863, 68
foundry no.:0994
weight: 1,968 lbs
Item Category: Artillery, Mortar

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Document: email: Jim Bender, 19 Jul 2025


Comments: In front of Carter Hall




Current Status: Static Display
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Montgomery Bell Academy
4001 Harding Pike
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Lat/Long36.128803-86.836503 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 256: C146, 23

In-House private documents:

email: Jim Bender, 19 Jul 2025

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Last update to record: 2025-09-10

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