US Army 32-Pounder, Pattern 1829, at Columbus-Belmont State Park

US Army 32-Pounder, Pattern 1829, Number 209 cast by Fort Pitt Foundry in 1839 is displayed at Columbus-Belmont State Park in Columbus, Kentucky. As manufactured it weighed 7,545 pounds. The State Park is the site of the Confederate Fort De Russey which was commanded by General Leonidas Polk who called the works the “Gibraltar of the West.”