Dublin Core
Title
MODEL 1841 6-POUNDER FIELD CANNONS WAR MEMORIAL (Rockaway, NJ)
Source
american,unionmonument
Date
1841-01-01
Contributor
Elena Koestel
Type
Site
Identifier
2646
Extent
m x m x m
Medium
HMDB
Spatial Coverage
current,40.940433,-74.564867;
Europeana
Country
United States
Europeana Data Provider
MODEL 1841 6-POUNDER FIELD CANNONS WAR MEMORIAL (Rockaway, NJ)
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/MODEL_1841_6-POUNDER_FIELD_CANNONS_WAR_MEMORIAL_(Rockaway,_NJ)
CINE only
true
Monument Type
Military materiel
Material
Bronze
Inscription
These two Model 1841 6-Pounder field cannons were used by United States artillery until 1868. They weigh 800 pounds, fired a shot (projectile) with a weight of 6.1 pounds, and had a range of 1,500 yards. This smoothbore gun was the most common army field piece during the Mexican-American War and at the beginning of the Civil War.
State
New Jersey
County
Morris
Affiliation
Union
City
Rockaway
Location Type
City