There is a Dahlgren cannon along with a small war memorial and some cannon balls that are obviously the wrong caliber for the piece. The Logan Inn is in the background.
There is a well worn plaque in front of the cannon with the following inscription:
This Cannon, a 9 inch Dahlgren smoothbore gun, is on loan from the United States Navy to the borough of New Hope since June 7, 1907, when it was placed here to mark the approach to Coryell’s Ferry. Cast at West Point in 1858 it is a type which formed the chief ordnance of the Union Navy during the Civil War. From 1856 until 1858 it was on the U.S.S. Minnesota, a heavy frigate of the Union Navy. The Minnesota was in action at the battle of Hampton Roads and the bombardment of Fischer, North Carolina. At Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862 (illeg) Monitor and the Merrimack fought their famous battle. The prize that day was the Minnesota grounded while attempting to engage the Merrimack on March 8. This Dahlgren was one of the guns firing broadsides at the Confederate ironclad, “whose shots glanced off the Merrimack (illeg) like hailstones on a roof”
For those unfamiliar with the history of our Civil War, the battle mentioned above was a turning point in history marked by the first battle between ironclad warships. The Merrimack was known as the Virginia to the Confederates.
The Cannon in new hope the Pennsylvania
There is a Dahlgren cannon along with a small war memorial and some cannon balls that are obviously the wrong caliber for the piece. The Logan Inn is in the background.
There is a well worn plaque in front of the cannon with the following inscription:
For those unfamiliar with the history of our Civil War, the battle mentioned above was a turning point in history marked by the first battle between ironclad warships. The Merrimack was known as the Virginia to the Confederates.
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