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CHARLESTON COUNTY THIRTEEN-INCH MORTAR WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

CHARLESTON COUNTY THIRTEEN-INCH MORTAR WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Location: MURRAY BOULEVARD

City: CHARLESTON

State: South Carolina

Zip Code: 29401

Type of Memorial: Cannon War Memorials with Plaques

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: BRIAN SCOTT

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

THIS MORTAR AND ITS THREE MATES WERE FIRST USED BY FEDERAL TROOPS FOR THE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER IN OCTOBER, 1863. THEY MAY WELL FORM THE WORLD’S LARGEST COLLECTION OF THIS TYPE OF WEAPON.
SEE ALSO-CHARLESTON COUNTY THIRTEEN-INCH MORTAR WAR MEMORIAL


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