On Bank Street west of Bennett Street, on the right when traveling west.
Last on duty at Fort Point on San Francisco Bay. Grass Valley Women’s Improvement Club arranged with the U.S. War Department for donation to be placed in City Square, now Dow Alexander Park. Transferred from Benicia Arsenal to here in 1911. Only . . . — — Map (db m48675) HM
On Michael J. Fallon Way west of Hungerford Street, on the right when traveling west.
Distinguished by its clean lines and notched, flat breech, this 10-inch cannon was developed by U.S. Army Ordinance Lieutenant (later Major) Thomas J. Rodman. It was cast at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania in 1862, carries serial number 37, weighs 14,920 . . . — — Map (db m168254) HM
This 10 inch Columbiad Cannon defended Charleston Harbor from 1863 until the end of the War Between the States in 1865. It has a smooth, non-rifled, bore and fires a 10 inch round ball weighing 104 pounds. The markings on this cannon tell a . . . — — Map (db m51733) HM
On West Bald Head Wynd at Cape Fear Trail, on the left when traveling south on West Bald Head Wynd.
A rectangular sand bastion, Battery No. 2 mounted a 100-pounder Brooke Cannon and was located about 200 yards east. The site of circular-shaped Battery No. 1 with its 10-inch Columbiad cannon is about 100 yards to the west. It sat upon the south end . . . — — Map (db m165878) HM
In front of you stands a rifled and banded columbiad cannon mounted as a mortar (aimed upward). It is mounted like the gun being inspected by a South Carolina delegation after the evacuation of Fort Sumter by Union troops in April 1861. The . . . — — Map (db m30675) HM
The row of cannon in front of you dates from the Civil War, when radical advances in technology increased power, range, and accuracy. Some large, old smoothbore cannon were "rifled and banded" to enhance firepower. Banding (heating and tightening . . . — — Map (db m30639) HM
"… if there should be an uprising in Baltimore, I shall be compelled to try to put it down; and that gun is the first that I shall fire."
Major General John Dix, U.S. Army, 1861
On Fort Darling Road, 0.5 miles north of Bellwood Road, on the left.
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Visiting Richmond National Battlefield Park
The concentration of Civil War resources found in the Richmond area is unparalleled. The National Park Service manages 13 sites, giving visitors an opportunity to examine the . . . — — Map (db m37022) HM
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