Photo by DLBarker, 2018

Designation: 6-pdr Gun M1841
Model: 6-pdr Field Gun M1841
Identification No: Ames 484: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Ames Manufacturing Co Chicoppe
Chicoppe, Massachusetts, USA
construction no: 47
Year : 1855
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: four cannon with carriages either 6 or 12 pounder
Request doc.: 45th Congress, Session II, HJR 134, SR 36 by Mr Kirkwood
Year: 1878
Delivery Doc: 45th Congress, Session II, JR 33, June 17, 1878
Provider: Sec War
Use: soldiers monument in the Monumental Park
On loan to: City of Winterset
Document: field notes DLBarker



Current Status: Static Display
Current Custodian: City of Winterset, IA
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Carver Memorial Park
N 2nd St at E Court Ave
Winterset, Iowa, USA
Lat/Long41.3347417-94.01168611 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 295: D58, 32

In-House private documents:

field notes DLBarker

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Last update to record: 2024-11-05

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