Duncan Cannon
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YoSam.
N 37° 00.156 W 089° 10.305
16S E 306759 N 4097365
Thomas Jackson Rodman (West Point Grad. 1843) made it, and William B. Duncan gave it to the city.
Waymark Code: WM8KEZ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2010
Views: 2
Marker Text:
DUNCAN CANNONWilliam 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.
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