The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Rededications in Niles, Michigan

From the April 30th South Bend (In) Tribune.

Two Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War events are planned for May 8th in Niles, Michigan.

One will be the marker to Brigadier General Henry A. Morrow, who as the colonel of the 24th Michigan (a part of the famous Iron Brigade for which US-12 is named) was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was wounded twice more in the war at the battles of Wilderness and Petersburg. After the war, he married a Niles girl and moved there before dying at age 62 in 1891. He was buried in Silverbrook Cemetery.

The same day, there will be a rededication of a Civil War cannon, which appears in a photo to be a Parrott gun, at Riverfront Park.

No one knows much about its early history or even whether or not it was fired during the war. At one point it was in front of the old Niles Central School. At some point, it ended up in the city dump before being found by Orin Cain, who had it placed in front of the local American Legion which no longer exists.

Hopefully This Will Become a Permanent Spot for the Cannon. --Old B-Runner

No comments: