Cannon Memorial - East Haven Green Historic District - East Haven, CT
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A cast iron Dahlgren Cannon is the base for a multi-war monument on the East Haven Green at Main Street and Hemingway Avenue in East Haven, CT.
Waymark Code: WM17D73
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2023
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A Civil War era Dahlgren Cannon was installed in 1911 to honor those from East Haven who died during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The cannon was developed by Rear Admiral John A. B. Dahlgren who was the the head of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance during the Civil War. The muzzle loaded cannon is about 12' long with a 10" bore. It would take a 20 pound charge. The cannon is supported on I-beams and places on a rectangular granite base.
When the technology became available to make rifled guns these smooth bore cannons became obsolete and was acquired by East Haven for uses as a memorial for the cost of shipping.
There are three plaques on the monument. A plaque on the granite base is inscribed with the dedication:
THIS TRIBUTE
TO THE WORTH OF HER SONS
WHO HAVE BY LAND AND SEA
OFFERED THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF THEIR COUNTRY
IS ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF EAST HAVEN
DEDICATED 1911
REDEDICATED 1990
BY EAST HAVEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
Above on the cannon is a second bronze plaque which is inscribed with a two column list of names:
AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1775-83
NATHAN ANDREWS
ABIJAH BRADLEY
ASA BRADLEY
ZABULON BRADLEY
EDWARD GOODSELL
JARED HEMINWAY
JOHN HOWE*
ISAAC LUDDINGTON
ISAAC PARDEE
JACOB PARDEE JR.
RICHARD PAUL
ISAAC POTTER
MEDAD SLAUGHTER
ELIJAH SMITH
THOMAS SMITH
JOHN WALKER
* DIED AT FORT HALE AND MOST OF THE OTHERS ABOARD BRITISH PRISON SHIPS ON L.I. SOUND.
PLAQUE GIVEN BY WILLIAM MCNULTY IN GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF THESE EAST HAVEN MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES.
JULY 4, 2002
The other side of the cannon has a third bronze plaque which is inscribed with a two column list of names:
CIVIL WAR, 1861-65
CHARLES BENOIT*
JOHN H. BRADLEY
FRANK CARDWELL
GEORGE CARR
EDWIN CROUCH
HENRY E. DOOLITTLE
AUGUSTUS FAIRCHILD
JAMES MURPHY*
MARTIN ROOD
SAMUEL ROSE
HENRY D. RUSSELL
GEORGE E. SMITH
ISAAC B. THOMPSON
HENRY WILMOT
CLAUDIUS ZEMIOZ
* DIED AT THE INFAMOUS ANDERSONVILLE, GEORGIA PRISON.
PLAQUE GIVEN BY ROSEMARY PILEGGI IN GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF THESE EAST HAVEN MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES.
JULY 4, 2002