Courtesy Tom Gaard, iowacivilwarmonuments.com
| Designation: | 12-pdr Gun |
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| Model: | 12-pdr Gun, Spanish |
| Identification No: | 3853 |
| Name: | Papitio |
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| Designed by: | La Real Fabrica de Artilleria de Sevilla |
| Built at: | La Real Fabrica de Artilleria de Sevilla |
| Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain |
| Year : | 1795 |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | US Government |
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| Item: | 4.2in smoothbore gun |
| Year: | 1901 |
| Document instructions: | base ring: "No 3853 Sevilla 14 de Agosto de 1795"; reinforce "IV"; chase: "Papitio"; left trunnon: "Cobre de Mexico y Riotinto"; right trunnion: "P 2375" |
| Provider: | Secretary of War |
| Use: | Spanish American War Memorial |
| On loan to: | Loan to State of Iowa, issued to Mayor of Dennison |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Fiscal year 1901, appx 2, pg 82 |
| Current Status: | Static Display |
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| Current Custodian: | State of Iowa |
| Access: | Free Outdoor |
| Location: | Crawford County Courthouse |
| | 1202 Broadway |
| Denison, Iowa, USA |
| Lat/Long | 42.0169639-95.3563000 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
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| https://www.iowasuvcw.org/iowa-civil-war-monuments-home |
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Last update to record: 2025-12-30
