Courtesy Tom Gaard, iowacivilwarmonuments.com
| Designation: | 6-pdr Gun M1841 |
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| Model: | 6-pdr Field Gun M1841 |
| Identification No: | Alger 122: US |
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| Designed by: | US Army Ordnance Department |
| Built at: | Alger, Cyrus and Company |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Year : | 1854 |
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| | Item Category: | Artillery, Black Powder, Bronze |
| Memorial Information |
| Owner: | US Government |
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| Item: | 4 cannon and carriages |
| Request doc.: | 45th Congress, Session II, HR 4803, amended by Mr Cummings |
| Year: | 1878 |
| Delivery Doc: | 45th Congress, Session III, Chap 199, Act of March 3, 1879 |
| Use: | around the Gen Nathaniel Baker Monument |
| On loan to: | City of Des Moines |
| Current Status: | Static Display |
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| Access: | Free Outdoor |
| Location: | Woodland Cemetery - Gen Nathaniel Baker Monument |
| | 2019 Woodland Ave |
| Des Moines, Iowa, USA |
| Lat/Long | 41.5904056-93.6491611 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
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| The Big Guns, pg 292: D58, 28 |
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Last update to record: 2024-11-05
