Dublin Core
Title
Civil War Cannon (Cairo, Illinois)
Source
american,unionmonument
Contributor
Jack_Kornowske
Type
Site
Identifier
2245
Date Created
1905-05-27
Extent
m x m x m
Medium
IL 62914, 1400 Washington Ave Cairo. “Custom House Museum.” Enjoy Illinois, www.enjoyillinois.com/explore/listing/custom-house-museum-1/. Accessed 1 Apr. 2024.
Spatial Coverage
current,37.002676302620294,-89.17180555205402;
Europeana
Country
United States
Europeana Data Provider
Civil War Cannon (Cairo, Illinois)
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Civil_War_Cannon_(Cairo,_Illinois)
Monument Type
Statue - other
Funded by
William B Duncan
Inscription
William 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.
State
Illinois
County
Alexander
Affiliation
Union
Town
Cairo
Location Type
City