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Confederate Park Cannon
at the intersection of College Street East (Business U.S. 64) and Elk Avenue South, Fayetteville,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 9' 5.999976",
-86° 34' 10.02"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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Manufactured by the Scott Foundry of Reading, Pennsylvania, in January 1865 and February 1866, these two cannons were cast as 10-inch muzzle loading smooth bore weapons. In 1876 rifled sleeves were inserted into the gun tubes reducing the barrel diameters to 8 inches. The guns were mounted on barbette carriages at Fort Morgan, Alabama, in 1898 as a part of the coastal defense system during the Spanish-American War. The guns were brought by rail to Fayetteville and installed as an integral part of the Confederate Park in 1905.
Erected 1905.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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