Duncan Cannon - Cairo, IL
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YoSam.
N 37° 00.156 W 089° 10.305
16S E 306759 N 4097365
Union, Confederate, then Union again, this cannon got around. Thomas Jackson Rodman (West Point Grad. 1843) made it, and William B. Duncan gave it to the city.
Waymark Code: WMM022
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2014
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County of memorial: Alexander County
Location of memorial: 14th St. & Washington Ave., Custom House Lawn, Cairo
Memorial erected by: The City of Cairo
Date memorial erectd: May 27, 1905
Type of cannon: Smooth Bore Seacoast Armament
Marker Text:
DUNCAN CANNON
William B. Duncan, chairman of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, presented this Rodman smooth bore cannon to the City of Cairo as a gift, May 27, 1905. The gun saw action for both sides of the Civil War at Fort Morgan, Mobile, Alabama. In 1861, to protect southern commerce, the Confederacy seized it. Union forces recaptured Fort Morgan in Aug., 1864. The cannon was used then until 1888 as part of the nation's seacoast armament.
More information on this style cannon and its designer can be found here: Thomas Jackson Rodman