The US Army 24-Pounders, Pattern 1819, at Fort Branch
Two US Army 24-Pounders, Pattern 1819, are among the extraordinary collection of original cannons at Fort Branch near Hamilton, North Carolina. Along with the other cannons, they were thrown into the Roanoke River to prevent capture at the end of the American Civil War. All of the cannons were recovered from the Roanoke River in the 1970s.
Cannons of Fort Moultrie
Fort Moultre, on Sullivan’s Island near Charleson, South Carolina, displays two Model 1829 32-Pounders and a Model 1819 24-Pounder. Fort Moultrie, the site of a 1776 victory and much fighting during the Civil War, shows the entire history of American seacoast defense from 1776 to 1945.