M1841 12-lb. Mountain Howitzer & Pack Saddles ~ 1853
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Designed for mountainous and rugged terrain of the West, the mountain howitzer saw service in the Mexican War, Indian Wars and limited service in the Civil War. With a tube weighing only 220 lbs., it could be pulled behind a single horse or broken down and packed onto three pack animals along with it's ammunition and equipment. It had a range of 900 yards at 5 degrees elevation with a 5-lb powder charge. Cyrus Alger & Company of Boston made this gun in 1853. These pack saddles were the ones that carried the mountain howitzer barrel. The one on the right was made circa 1850. The more heavily padded one on the left was made by the company of Peters & Calhoun in New York between 1874 and circa 1890.
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