Harpoon Cannon

(Whaling Gun)

The whaling gun below this plaque came off the ship; “Cody.” Gib Hunter was the Captain of the ship and was the last of the whalers to operate off the West Coast. Captain Hunter presented this whaling gun to ...

Pvt. Alfred Cannon

95th O.V.I. Co-D

8-18-1862 to 1-21-1865

P.O.W.

Resident of Canal Winchester

enlisted to preserve the Union.

Taken prisoner at Brices

Crossroads, MS. and marched

to Andersonville, GA., Confederate

prison. He gave up his place

of exchange to a friend stating,

"Go to your family". Pvt. Cannon

died at Florence, SC., Confederate

prison ...

"Old Reformer" Cannon

ca. 1764

The history of the brass cannon reflects the history of the Upstate of South Carolina during some of its most critical eras of conflict and change. The "Old Reformer" is also one of the oldest artifacts in the Upstate, ...

Revolutionary Cannon

Presented to The Historical Society of Kent County, Inc., in memory of Morris Keene Barroll 1893–1962.

Marker is on High Street near Cross Street (Maryland Route 289), on the left.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Confederate Park Cannon

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 ...

Firing a Cannon

Eight soldiers were needed to fire each of the huge cannons that were once here, including a chief of detachment (who gave the commands), a gunner, and six cannoneers.

The steps in firing the cannon are shown here. The gunner is ...

Braddock Cannon

(Left Side): This monument marks the trail taken by the army of General Braddock, which left Alexandria April 9, 1755 to defend the western frontier against the French and Indians.

Erected by the Society of Colonial Dames of America in the ...

The "Columbiad" Cannon

10 inch

This 10 inch Columbiad Cannon defended Charleston Harbor from 1863 until the end of the War Between the States in 1865. It has a smooth, non-rifled, bore and fires a 10 inch round ball weighing 104 pounds. The markings ...

Cannon-Douglas Residence

Dr. William Austin Cannon had this house built during 1904-1905. He was the first resident botanist with the Carnegie Desert Laboratory in 1902, and worked there until 1926. Dr. Cannon sold the house in 1913 to Dr. Andrew Ellicott Douglass, ...

Cannon of Revolutionary War

(War of American Independence)

1775–1783

forged Mount Aetna, Maryland

Dedicated July 4, 1906

Rededicated July 5, 1992

Charles F. Kauffman, Jr.

Mayor, Town of Boonsboro

Robert J. Shifler, Assistant Mayor • Kevin M. Chambers, Councilman • Robert W. Gross, Councilman • Raymond D. Grove, Councilman • Howard ...