Dublin Core
Title
Swamp Angel Monument (Trenton, NJ)
Source
american,unionmonument
Contributor
anaelenaks
Type
Site
Identifier
2550
Date Created
1871-01-01
Date Issued
1961-04-12
Extent
m x m x m
Medium
HMDB
Spatial Coverage
current,40.237383,-74.787950;
Europeana
Country
United States
Europeana Data Provider
Swamp Angel Monument (Trenton, NJ)
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Swamp_Angel_Monument_(Trenton,_NJ)
CINE only
true
Monument Type
Military materiel
Inscription
The Swamp Angel The first gun an eight inch Parrott Rifle or 200 pounder, fired from the Marsh Battery, on Morris Island, S.C. at the City of Charleston, 7,000 yards distance. Weight of gun 16,500 pounds, weight of charge of powder 16 pounds, and weight of projectile 150 pounds, greatest elevation used 35 degrees.
Bombardment opened August 12, 1863 – gun burst at 36th round.
Erected February 1871 at corner of No. Clinton Avenue and Perry Street, Trenton. Rededicated at Cadwalader Park on 100th anniversary of start of American Civil War April 12, 1961.
State
New Jersey
County
Mercer
City
Trenton
Location Type
Park