Back in Galena's Grant Park. Walked a ways over to the other Civil War gun, a 3.67 inch Blakely rifled cannon which was present in Charleston, SC, when Fort Sumter was fired upon to start the war.
It is inscribed "Presented to the sovereign State of South Carolina by a citizen residing abroad in commemoration of the 20th of December, 1860." This referred to when the state seceded.
The gun was found abandoned by retreating Confederates in Cheraw, SC, after Charleston was abandoned. It was shipped to the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois where it remained until a veteran of the 45th Illinois remembered the gun's capture.
On April 29, 1896, it was placed in the park. on the celebration of US Grant's birthday. It was restored in 1998.
I Don't Know Much About Blakely Guns So Will Do Some Research. --Old B-Runner
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