The 32-Pounders of 57 Hundredweight of Stoneham, Massachusetts
Four US Navy 32-Pounders of 57 Hundredweight are displayed around a monument to soldiers and sailors who died in the War of the Rebellion in Lindenwood Cemetery in Stoneham, Massachusetts.
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The monument to Civil War soldiers and sailors in Lindenwood Cemetery in Stoneham, Massachusetts is surrounded by four US Navy 32-Pounders of 57 Hundredweight. The four 32-Pounders are:
32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight Number 319 manufactured by West Point Foundry in 1848. As manufactured it weighed 57-1-18 (6,430 pounds). It served aboard the mortar schooner USS Sophronia.
32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight Number 372 manufactured by Tredegar Foundry in 1848. As manufactured it weighed 57-2-19 (6,459 pounds). It served aboard USS Albatross.
32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight Number 373 manufactured by Tredegar Foundry in 1848. As manufactured it weighed 57-1-25 (6,437 pounds). It served aboard USS Albatross.
32-Pounder of 57 Hundredweight Number 489 manufactured by Cyrus Alger and Company in 1848. As manufactured it weighed 57-2-11 (6,451 pounds).
US Navy Mortar schooner with a 13-Inch Mortar and a 32-Pounder (possibly a 42cwt).
