10-Inch Confederate Columbiad at the South Carolina Military Museum
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10-Inch Confederate Columbiad at the South Carolina Military Museum

Bellona Foundry 10-Inch Columbiad Number 22 is displayed at the South Carolina Military Museum in Columbia, South Carolina. This Columbiad, cast in 1863, was part of the defenses of Charleston, sold for scrap after the war, lost in a shipwreck, and recovered and conserved in the 21st Century.

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The 10-Inch Confederate Columbiad at Fort Macon
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The 10-Inch Confederate Columbiad at Fort Macon

An original 10-Inch Confederate Columbiad is displayed at Fort Macon on Bogue Banks in North Carolina. While Fort Macon mounted two such cannons during the war, this particular Columbiad was mounted at Charleston, was sold for scrap after the Civil War, was shipped and lost aboard the schooner Philadelphia, and was recovered off the coast of South Carolina in the 2010s.

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What happened to USS Keokuk’s Other Dahlgren?
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What happened to USS Keokuk’s Other Dahlgren?

After the war, one of the Dahlgrens of USS Keokuk was left near Fort Moultrie and then around 1900 it was moved to White Point Garden. The Dahlgren which had been at White Point Garden was lost some time after the war. Whatever happened to it?

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