The artillery battery was organized in March 1862 and consisted of local men. Various Edenton institutions donated bells ro be melted down at Tredegar Foundry in Richmond, Virginia.
The four cannons were named "Edenton," "Colimbia," "Fannie Roulbar" and "Saint Paul."
The battery served in the Army of Northern Virginia and were at the battles of Winchester, the Seven Days and Fredericksburg before being transferred back to North Carolina to oppose Foster's Raid against the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad and fought at Whitehall Bridge, Goldsboro and Kinston (all places close to my home when I lived there).
Later, they were garrisoned by the Cape Fear River and were at Fort Anderson, the Wilmington Campaign and Bentonville.
The 12-pounder "Saint James" 1533 foundry number, was captured at the battle of Town Creek near Wilmington and is back at Edenton on loan from Fort Niagara, New York. It was mostly made from the bell of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
The 6-piunder "Edenton, foundry number 1531, was surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina on March 26, 1865, and is on loan from the Shiloh National Military Park. It was made primarily from the bell of the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse.
Both of these cannons are back in Edenton. The location or final disposition of the other two cannons is not known. According to Wikipedia, they are rumored to have been dumped in the Eno River.
Wonder Where Those Two Guns Are? --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Edenton, NC Cannons Spiked by Yankees
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
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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