Local Cemetery

[butlersrangers]

My wife and I went to a 'library talk' today, that was a virtual tour of an old local cemetery.

Since it is on a small peninsula, we had seen it from a distance, across a lake, but had never driven through it.

On the drive home, I detoured off our normal route and we did a quick driving tour.

The U.S. Civil War Monument was very neat. It honored the Michigan men (and regiments) from four neighboring townships,
who served in the Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Atlanta Campaigns.

[psteinmayer]

Where is this Chuck?

[butlersrangers]

The Village of Holly, Michigan. The entrance is at Park St. & Maple.

[ebruce]

Wow! Thank you for this post! Sincerely. bruce.

[butlersrangers]

I will have to go back with a better camera and measuring tape, to better 'record' the two cannon barrels.

They appear to be 4.5 inch, cast iron Siege Rifles, marked with the initials of the "Fort Pitt Foundry - Pittsburgh - 1863", IIRC.

These rifled cannons were used by the U.S. field artillery and proved a rather versatile gun, for 'taking out' Confederate field batteries, at over a mile.

It is a relatively rare CW cannon. 113 were made for the Union, between 1861-1866, at the private foundry.
I saw one source that reported 56 are surviving.

Attached photos show a Union Battery parked & pointed at Fredericksburg, Va. and a current display at Alexandria.