Courtesy Tom Gaard, iowacivilwarmonuments.com
| Designation: | 12-pdr Mountain Howitzer M1835 |
| Model: | 12-pdr M1835 Mountain Howitzer |
| Identification No: | Alger 006: US |
| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Year : | 1837 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) |
| Item: | 2 bronze or brass cannon or fieldpieces and a suitable outfit of cannon balls |
| Request doc.: | 64th Congress, Session I, SB 6625 by Sen Chamberlain |
| Year: | 1916 |
| Delivery Doc: | 64th Congress, Session I, Chap 466, Act of Sep 8, 1916 |
| Document instructions: | one Mountain Howitzer stolen in the 1970's, still belongs to US Govt |
| Provider: | Sec War |
| Use: | to be placed at the entrance of the public park |
| On loan to: | Alexander Hamiliton Chapter no 7 Sons of the American Revolution |
| Reference: | GPO-CRECB-1916-pt11-v53.pdf: doc pg 11294; pdf pg 826 |
| Document: | TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918 |
| Owner Reference No: | 6 |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | Sheldon Prairie Museum | |
| Access: | Free Indoor | |
| Location: | Sheldon Prairie Museum | |
| 319 10th St | ||
| Sheldon, Iowa, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 43.1796306-95.8542444 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
| https://www.iowasuvcw.org/iowa-civil-war-monuments-home |
In-House private documents: |
| TACOM ADPO Equipment List 20240918 |
| Click here to see our reference list |
Last update to record: 2025-12-30