The whereabouts of the other cannons is unknown.
Civil War researcher Len Eagleburger, who wrote the article, tracked the serial numbers of the three-known cannons dubbed the "Sister Guns" and found that they were manufactured at a Confederate arsenal in Augusta, Georgia, in 1863, and sent that summer to forces in Tennessee. Quite likely, the guns were used at the Battles of Chattanooga, Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain.
SPRINGFIELD SCHOOLS WITH NAMES DEALING WITH THE WAR
WILSON'S CREEK-- 5-6th grade, named for the battlefield and the creek.
BOWERMAN ELEMENTARY-- Milton Bowerman moved to Springfield in 1868 and was a member of the school board. He was originally from Wisconsin and a 1st lieutenant. The school was constructed in 1906.
YORK ELEMENTARY-- William J. York (built 1916). Was in the Union's 1st Arkansas Cavalry, Co. H which saw a lot of action along the Old Wire Road from Springfield to Fort Smith, Arkansas.
PHELPS CENTER FOR GIFTED EDUCATION-- (built 1931) US Congressman who formed Phelps' Regiment which fought around Springfield and at Wilson's Creek.
HOLLAND ELEMENTARY-- Colley B. Holland was a Union officer who fought at the Battles of Pea Ridge in 1862 and Springfield in 1863.
TEFFT CENTER-- Dr. Johnathan Tefft was a Union Army surgeon who came down with typhoid fever and was dying when the Sisters of Mercy nursed him back to health. In 1891, he asked the Sisters to start a hospital which eventually became St. John's Hospital.
Not Finished Yet. --Old B-R'er
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