Photo by Harold Coogan, 2006
| Designation: | 12-pdr Mountain Howitzer M1835 |
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| Model: | 12-pdr M1835 Mountain Howitzer |
| Identification No: | Alger 052:US |
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| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Year : | 1849 |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | US Government |
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| Item: | 2 cannon or fieldpieces and outfit 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 House Mil Affairs Cmte |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| On loan to: | City of Mena |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1915-pt5-v52.pdf: doc pg 5194; pdf pg 856 |
| Document: | email: Jim Bender |
| Comments: | Gun on Right (South), s/n courtesy of Jim Bender |
| Known problems with data: |
| Fort Levenworth also claims this s/n |
| Current Status: | Static Display |
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| Current Custodian: | City of Mena, AR |
| Access: | Free Outdoor |
| Location: | Janssen Park |
| | Maple Ave at 7th St |
| Mena, Arkansas, USA |
| Lat/Long | 34.5835833-94.23953333 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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| The Big Guns, pg 330: D123, 15 |
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In-House private documents: |
| email: Jim Bender |
Last update to record: 2025-11-03
