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LOT 3270
Very Scarce and Attractive Civil War Cyrus Alger & Co. U.S. Model
1835 Bronze 12-Pounder Mountain Howitzer with Carriage - Serial
no. 776, 4.62 inch cal., 31 inch round bbl., bright finish. This Cyrus Alger &
Co. Model 1835 12-pounder bronze mountain howitzer was manufactured
in 1861 per the date marking on the left trunnion, and its registry number
“776” is listed as manufactured in 1861 according to Appendix 15A page 295
of “Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War” by Hazlett, Olmstead, and Parks.
These Model 1835 mountain howitzers were designed to be light and mobile
artillery. The Model 1835, and the similar but heavier Model 1841 field howitzers,
saw use in the Mexican-American War, Civil War, and Indian Wars. Four Model 1835
12-pounders are known to have seen severe action at Chickamauga with Captain Eli
Lilly’s 18th Indiana Battery during the Civil War. It has a 4.62 inch diameter (12-pound)
smooth bore, registry number “776” marked on the face of the muzzle, “1861” date on the
left trunnion, “C.A. & Co./BOSTON” on the right trunnion, and “225” weight on the rear surface
above the cascabel.
Cyrus Alger & Co. U.S. Model 1835
12-Pounder Mountain Howitzer
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