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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: July 14, 2008
Caption: Cannon Presented By Sherman in 1882
Additional Description: Plaque reads, “Dedicated to the memory of Lancaster’s most illustrious soldier, General William Tecumseh Sherman, November 11, 1967, by The American Legion Post 11; Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1380; Disabled American Veterans Chapter 40; The General Sherman Chapter of the Civil War Roundtable; Fairfield Heritage Association.

“As permanent custodian, this cannon was presented to the Ben Butterfield Post of the Grand Army of the Republic by General Sherman in 1882.”
Submitted: July 27, 2008, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p29576
File Size: 1.805 Megabytes

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