An iron, 13-inch Seacoast Mortar with the year "1822" embossed on the barrel. A
plaque in the cement sidewalk below the back of the cannon describes it as "Civil War
Artillery 13-inch Seacoast Mortar. Donated in 1897 by the Grand Army of the…
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…
