Waiting for a ride.

[mt155]

Waiting on a new carriage. This is next to the Navy Monument.

 

[UCVRelics]

Looks like they have a least mowed and cleaned up since we were there in Oct for the Vicksburg muster. It been waiting on a ride for awhile.

 

[Pete Longstreet]

What happened to the old carriage?

 

[lupaglupa]

It looks so sad, thrown down on the ground like that

 

[bdtex]

Waiting on a new carriage. This is next to the Navy Monument.

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When the CWT gang visited Vicksburg last October,there were 2 other cannons on the ground waiting for a ride.

 

[3rd North Carolina]

that will look good in my yard w/ a new built carriage

 

[1stMS-Arty]

What happened to the old carriage?

Supposedly they have new siege carriages but they been saying that for a couple of years now.

 

[Tompre]

Supposedly they have new siege carriages but they been saying that for a couple of years now.

They're replacing the field carriages with more correct ones. This has been ongoing for 3-4 years now. The contractor in charge died, and the Park had to bid the job out again. They now have a new contractor, so there should be progress made soon.

 

[Carronade]

Waiting on a new carriage. This is next to the Navy Monument.

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It's one of those disappearing mounts

 

[Waterloo50]

Its sad to see something like that looking neglected. Do you mind if I share a similar story about a few cannon from the battle of Waterloo. Near my home is a monument dedicated to the Duke of wellington...its a sad story of what can happen when people dont value their history.

A single cannon at the base of the Wellington Monument, Wellington, on the Blackdown Hills, Somerset.

"The Wellington Monument is a 175-foot-high (53 m) triangular obelisk located on a point of the Blackdown Hills, 3 km (1.9 miles) south of Wellington in the English county of Somerset. It is a grade II* listed building.

The monument was designed to commemorate the Duke of Wellington's victory at the Battle of Waterloo. Construction of the original design commenced in 1817; a revised and cheaper design was eventually used, though, and building was completed in 1854. It is now owned by the National Trust, who closed the monument to the public in 2007, owing to safety concerns. Surveys have shown that extensive renovation work will be needed to reopen the internal staircase to the viewing platform. As of 2015 the work is still ongoing.

The original plans were for twenty four cannons, captured from the French army at the Battle of Waterloo, to be installed around the base. In 1818 one brass and 15 iron cannons were transported from the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich to Exeter Quay, but they were never transported to the monument. After years of storage at Exeter ten were sunk into the ground as bollards, and the brass gun sold in 1837 for £64 to cover the storage costs incurred by the local corporation. In 1890, when four guns were requested for the monument as part of a restoration project, they were found to be naval cannons cast in Scotland dating from 1789, and never used at the Battle of Waterloo. Four cannons were eventually installed in 1910, surrounding the monument, but these were removed during the Second World War (1939–1945) for scrap metal to help the war effort. The need for scrap metal fell and they were eventually buried at Watchet. The one cannon remaining at Exeter was brought to the monument in 1977 and finally installed in 1984.

 

[bdtex]

This one was waiting for a new carriage last October. There was one at South Fort too.

 

[Seduzal]

And there may be others as well but we haven't found them yet!

 

[Tompre]

And there may be others as well but we haven't found them yet!

The ones in the Water Battery at the foot of Fort Hill are lying on the ground also.

 

[1stMS-Arty]

This one was waiting for a new carriage last October. There was one at South Fort too.

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Here is what it looked like before....

and here is a sketch of the two Dahlgrens in action...they are on naval carriages.....which are different from the new carriages...

 

[Tompre]

Here is what it looked like before....
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and here is a sketch of the two Dahlgrens in action...they are on naval carriages.....which are different from the new carriages...
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I wonder if the two Dahlgrens are the ones from the USS Tuscumbia.

 

[1stMS-Arty]

I wonder if the two Dahlgrens are the ones from the USS Tuscumbia.

Yes this is the description of the sketch...also interesting is the Lt. of the gunboat....his name is Dahlgren....

Verso: "Battery McPherson immediately adjoining Maj. Gen. Logan's Head Quarters Manned by Companies E & J 1st Infantry commanded by Capt R.H. Offley - & under the superintendence of Lieut. Dahlgren of the gun boat - 'Tuscumbia.'"