Photo by DLBarker, 2025

Designation: 24-pdr Howitzer M1844
Model: 24-pdr Flank Howitzer M1844
Identification No: Seyfert McManus 087: US


Designed by: US Army Ordnance Department
Built at: Seyfert, McManus and Co
Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Year : 1864
Inspector: Morris Schaff (MS) 1864, 65
foundry no.:
weight: 1506 lbs
Item Category: Artillery, Black Powder, Iron

Memorial Information
Owner: US Government
Item: Captured WWI cannon
Request doc.: 67th Congress, Session I, HR 5570
Year: 1921
Delivery Doc: Bill expired at the end of Congress



Current Status: Static Display
Access: Free Outdoor
Location: Onawa Cemetery
6th St South of Town
Onawa, Iowa, USA
Lat/Long42.0193417-96.0907028 Click here to see location in Google Maps

Reference Documents / websites:

The Big Guns, pg 203: C47, 67

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Last update to record: 2025-08-30

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