Thanks to HMdb for this one.
There are three Revolutionary War cannons mounted by the town of Edenton, North Carolina's waterfront. They were brought in France to be used for the town's defense.
However, they never saw action in that war. They were later mounted on their current spot in 1861 to be used against invading Union forces, but Confederates withdrew from the town without using them. A plaque at the spots says the three cannons were "spiked and trunnions broken off by Federal Fleet 1862.
They were remounted in 1928.
I came across mention that other revolutionary War cannons are in the town and used as lamp posts and other useful features.
Edentom escaped major destruction at the hands of Union forces when it fell with "barely a shor fired."
Federal General Burnside made the capture and/or destruction of the vital Wilmington and Weldon Railroad a major objective. The small Confederate "Mosquito Fleet" was forced off Elizabeth City which was captured. Then Edenton fell soon afterwards. When Plymouth was captured, the Federals had essentially complete control of Albemarle Sound.
Dadburn Yankees Shenanigans. --B-R'er
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