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Lincoln County Cannon

Lincoln County Cannon

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Jun 05, 2009 18:54

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At the Lincoln County Courthouse in Fayetteville, TN is a section known as Confederate Park, where this cannon is located. There are two of these cannons, and they were manufactured by the Scott Foundry of Reading, PA in Jan 1865 and Feb 1866. They were cast as 10-inch muzzle loading smooth bore weapons. In 1876, rifled sleeves were inserted into the gun tubes reducing the barrel diameter to 8 inches. They were mounted on barbette carriages at Ft. Morgan, AL as a part of the coastal defense system during the Spanish-American War. Finally, they were brought by rail to Fayetteville and installed here in 1905.