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Case Name: CA-Placer-Auburn-OldCemetery-Napoleon-12pdr-309
State:
County:
Location:
California
Placer
Old Auburn Cemetery, 170 Fulweiller and Nevada
Street, Auburn, CA.
Latitude: North 
Longitude: West 
Type:
12-pdr bronze Napoleon, Model 1857, cast 1863, inspector TJR [Thomas J. Rodman], registry #309,
foundry #323 (right trunnion), weight 1236 pounds, no foundry mark (appears to be Revere). Cannon
set upright in stressed concrete block base.
Photos:
[photos needed]
Reported by:
Stark list & Armistead 1998; Mike Holmes 2002
Researched by:
Status:
X
X
Under Assessment
Needs Further Investigation
Completed
CWM-61 (assessment form) available
Form CWM-62 (grant application) available
Notes:
Possible GAR plot. Photos taken 30 Apr 2002 by Carol Morgan. Kirby Morgan took notes on cannon markings.
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Case Name: CA-Placer-Auburn-OldCem-Napoleon-12pdr-230
State:
County:
Location:
California
Placer
Old Auburn Cemetery, GAR Plot (?), 170 Fulweiller
and Nevada Street, Auburn, CA.
Type:
12-pdr bronze Napoleon, Model 1857, cast 1863, inspector TJR [Thomas J. Rodman], foundry Revere
Copper Co., #230 (registry number?), weight 1222 pounds, on cement stand with small generic plaque.
Cannon fired in recent years and trunnion cement support broken by recoil, metal straps now in place.
Photos:
[photos needed]
Latitude: North 
Longitude: West 
Reported by:
Stark list & Armistead 1998; Mike Holmes 2002
Researched by:
Status:
X
X
Under Assessment
Needs Further Investigation
Completed
CWM-61 (assessment form) available
Form CWM-62 (grant application) available
Notes:
Possible GAR plot. Site visited with Mike Holmes on 30 April 2002. Carol Morgan took photos. Kirby Morgan took notes on cannon markings.
One of a number of cannons requested for delivery to various California GAR Posts and towns in a bill passed by Congressman John Raker. The cannons were
probably delivered to Auburn in late 1912. Associated with Belmont Post, No. 101, G.A.R., based in Auburn.
Excerpt from the Sixty-second Congress, Sess. II, Chapter 384, August 24, 1912 [H.R. 24458]:
CHAP. 384. – An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to deliver to certain cities and towns condemned bronze or brass cannon, with their
carriages and outfit of cannon balls, and so forth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress
assembled,
“To the city of Auburn, California, two condemned twelve-pound bronze cannon for use at Belmont Post, Numbered One hundred and one, Grand Army of the
Republic, the same to be subject at all times to the order of the Secretary of War.”
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may be made for personal use but commercial use of these pages shall not be allowed without the expressed, written consent of the Dept. of CA & Pacific, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
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Case Name: CA-Placer-Newcastle-NewcastleCem-Howitzers-12pdr
State:
County:
Location:
California
Placer
Newcastle Cemetery, 850 Taylor Road, Newcastle,
CA 95658.
Latitude: North 
Longitude: West 
Reported by:
Stark 1998 list of California Civil War Cannons; John
Riggs, Carlin Camp 25, Dec. 2014
Type:
Stolen from cemetery in the night of 13 - 14 April 1994. Details:
Two Mountain Howitzers, bronze, 12-pdr, Model 1835, foundry marks not known
Photos:
Right:
Photo of replica
cannons on new mounts.
Original mounts that once held
the stolen Mountain Howitzers
are behind them.
Photo
courtesy John Riggs, Camp 25,
Dec. 2014 [additional photos
on file]
Researched by:
Status:
X
Under Assessment
Needs Further Investigation
Completed
CWM-61 (assessment form) available
Form CWM-62 (grant application) available
Notes:
Dedication articles and other information should still be available on these memorial cannons. One of a number of cannons requested for delivery to various
California GAR Posts and towns in a bill passed by Congressman John Raker. Associated with Col. E. D. Baker Post, No. 71, G.A.R., based in Newcastle.
Excerpt from the Sixty-second Congress, Sess. II, Chapter 384, August 24, 1912 [H.R. 24458]:
CHAP. 384. – An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to deliver to certain cities and towns condemned bronze or brass cannon, with their
carriages and outfit of cannon balls, and so forth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress
assembled,
“To the town of Newcastle, State of California, for the use of Colonel E. D. Baker Post, Grand Army of the Republic, two condemned bronze or brass cannon or
fieldpieces, with their carriages, the same to be subject at all times to the order of the Secretary of War.”
*** STOLEN 1994 – IF FOUND, CONTACT PLACER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ***
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may be made for personal use but commercial use of these pages shall not be allowed without the expressed, written consent of the Dept. of CA & Pacific, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
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Case Name: CA- CA-Placer-Newcastle-NewcastleCem-Plaque-WRC-1922
State:
County:
Location:
California
Placer
Newcastle Cemetery, 850 Taylor Road, Newcastle,
CA 95658.
Latitude: North 
Longitude: West 
Type:
Plaque, bronze, mounted on granite boulder. Associated with two M-1835 Mountain Howitzers (stolen
in 1994), two replacement replica howitzers, and a flag pole.
Photos:
Right: Photo by John Riggs, Camp 25,
Dec. 2014 [additional photos on file]
Reported by:
John Riggs, Carlin Camp 25, Dec. 2014
Researched by:
Status:
X
Under Assessment
Needs Further Investigation
Completed
CWM-61 (assessment form) available
Form CWM-62 (grant application) available
Notes:
Inscription:
"THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE | OF THE MEMBERS OF COLONEL E. D. BAKER POST NO. 71, G.A.R., | CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, AND
THE FAITHFUL SERVICE, | UNSELFISH DEVOTION AND EXALTED PATRIOTISM OF THE | UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS ENGAGED IN THE CAMPAIGN OF | THE WAR OF
THE REBELLION APRIL 12, 1861 TO APRIL 9, 1865."
ADAMS J | ALLEN A | ALLEN C E | AYERS M | CALDWELL J W | DOVE J W | DRURY F S | DUNN H | ERTLE J | FRENCH A E | FYTHIAN A | GILL H B | GRISWOLD G |
HAWK E L | HAWK J N | HAYFORD J B | HEWES G B | HOWARD F C | HOWARD H L | JONES A L | JOHNSON W | KELLOGG A H | KELLOGG G D | LOWER O S |
MCCRARY J S | MCCULLUM W B | MILLER S H | MONROE W | NASH T S | PATE W S | PHILBRICK J S | ROSSITER W | RYDER A | SHERBURN M M | SPRAGUE S M |
SUTTON A H | SWESEY H | TUFTS J | WHITE R | ZACHARIAS T
ERECTED BY COLONEL E. D. BAKER W.R.C. NO. 23.| FEBRUARY 22, 1922
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