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South of Broad in Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

The Salvaging of this Gun

( 11 inch Dahlgren )

 
 
The Salvaging of this Gun Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 12, 2009
1. The Salvaging of this Gun Marker
Located on the cannon itself
Inscription.
was accomplished by the heroic efforts of Adolphus W. and James C. Lacoste and others
after engineers of both Federal and Confederate Armies had pronounced it impossible.
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Due to the untiring efforts of Major John Johnson, C.S.A., Mayor J. Adger Smythe and Congressman William Elliot. Materially aided by Lieut. Johnson Hagood, U.S.A., the gun was raised from the sands of Sullivans Island where it had lain since the close of the War Between the States, and saved to posterity.
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This tablet is placed by Charleston Chapter U.D.C. No. 4, in commemoration of these loyal citizens.

 
Erected by Charleston Chapter U.D.C. No. 4,.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list.
 
Location. 32° 46.207′ N, 79° 55.734′ W. Marker is in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It is in South of Broad. Marker is on East Battery Street near South Battery Street, on the left when traveling north. Affixed to the gun, in Battery Park - White Point Gardens. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Charleston SC 29401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
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are within walking distance of this marker. To the Defenders of Fort Moultrie (within shouting distance of this marker); Eleven - Inch Dahlgren Gun (within shouting distance of this marker); USS Pringle (DD-477) (within shouting distance of this marker); Hurricane Hugo (within shouting distance of this marker); Moultrie (within shouting distance of this marker); Ten - Inch Smooth Bore Columbaid Cannon (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Ten - Inch Smooth Bore Columbaid Cannon (within shouting distance of this marker); William Gilmore Simms (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charleston.
 
The Salvaging of this Gun Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 4, 2003
2. The Salvaging of this Gun Marker
Dahlgren guns were muzzle loading naval artillery designed by John A. Dahlgren USN, (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870) mostly used in the period of the American Civil War.
Eleven Inch Dahlgren Gun image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, August 2005
3. Eleven Inch Dahlgren Gun
Eleven Inch Dahlgren Gun at Battery Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 4, 2003
4. Eleven Inch Dahlgren Gun at Battery Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 15, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,678 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 15, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.

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