Dublin Core
Title
Stearns' Cannon (Amherst Center, Massachusetts)
Description
This cannon, displayed in in Amherst College, Massachusetts, commemorates a former student, Adjutant Frazar Stearns, who was killed at the Battle of New Bern on 14 March 1862. The cannon was confiscated from Confederate forces by the 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and gifted to the Amherst community when Stearns' body was returned to his family, as a tribute to the fallen soldier.
Creator
Originally owned by The Company C, 10th N.C. State Troops (the Charlotte Artillery)
Source
american,othermonuments,unionmonument
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
2086
Date Issued
1862-04-01
Extent
m x m x m
Spatial Coverage
current,42.37214,-72.51933;
Europeana
Country
USA
Europeana Data Provider
Stearns' Cannon
Object
https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2012/03/node/384752
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Stearns'_Cannon_
Monument Type
Military materiel
Erected by
Amherst College
Run by
Amherst College
Inscription
The inscription describes its capture at New Bern and lists 20 men of the 21st Regiment who were killed in the battle. On Frazar Stearns: "He was an honest man, a true Christian, and a model soldier, faithful, active, intelligent, and brave among the bravest'
State
Massachusetts
County
Hampshire County
Prim Media
2006
Affiliation
Union
City
Amherst Center