The Claremont, New Hampshire Soldiers’ Memorial
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The Claremont, New Hampshire Soldiers’ Memorial

Two US Navy Bureau of Ordnance 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds are displayed at Broad Street Park in Claremont, New Hampshire alongside a statue memorializing war dead which was placed in 1869 (though the cannons were likely placed between 1890 and 1910). This post includes a list of the soldiers memorialized and their service.

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BuOrd 32-Pounders in Townsend, Massachusetts
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BuOrd 32-Pounders in Townsend, Massachusetts

Preserved in Townsend, Massachusetts are a pair of Bureau of Ordnance 32-Pounders of 4,500 Pounds. One of these Dahlgren-style guns still has it’s firing lock installed upon its breech.

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USS Santee - A Frigate of the United States Navy
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USS Santee - A Frigate of the United States Navy

USS Santee - designed after the War of 1812, built slowly in the 1820s-1850s, seeing active service at the beginning of the American Civil War, and serving many years as a school ship for the United States Naval Academy, was a beautiful frigate whose history reflects the changing technology of naval ordnance. This website is named in her honor.

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