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(October 2010) Grant Park contains two highly significant and historical cannons and a monument

The Blakely Rifle - A 6.67inch rifled cannon made in England, given to the Confederates, the first rifled cannon fired on the American continent, fired on Fort Sumter, found by Union General Sherman in Cheraw, South Carolina 1865

 

(October 2010) Marker

     
 

(October 2010) 1860 patent markings

 

(October 2010) Side view

     
 
 

(October 2010) Side view

 

(October 2010) Soldiers Monument and Cannon

 

(October 2010) Monument inscriptions

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