Location:Hampton's Battery Memorial, East Park, North Side
Type: Field
Country of Manufacture: Spain
Time Period: Spanish-American War
Identifying Marks:
On Barrel:
GRAL ALVAREZ
1809
Spanish Coat of Arms
On Breech Band:
NO 8388 SEVILLA 15 DE AGOSTO DE 1845
On Right Trunnion:
Po 1275L.
On Left Trunnion:
BRONCES
REFUNDIDOS
On Muzzle:
C.24 A
*The Memorial inscription explains the history of the piece.
Left Side:
THE INSCRIPTION ON GERAL ALVAREZ 1809 STANDS FOR THE MAN IN WHOSE HONOR THE CANNON WAS NAMED. THIS WAS GENERAL MARIANO ALVAREZ DE CASTRO. A SPANISH OFFICER BORN AT GRENADA AND DISTINGUISHED FOR HIS RESOLUTE DEFENSE OF GERONA AGAINST THE FRENCH IN 1809 HE DIED IN PRISON THE SAME YEAR THE MONOGRAMME ON THE BREECH OF THE GUN RESTS ON THE SPANISH COAT OF ARMS AND STANDS FOR ISABELLA II. THE REIGNING SOVEREIGN AT THE TIME THE GUN WAS CAST THIS WAS AUG 13th 1845 AND THE PLACE SEVILLE, SPAIN
Right Side:
THIS CANNON PRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO ALLEGHENY JUNE 29th 1899. CAPTURED FROM THE SPANISH AT SANTIAGO CUBA BY THE AMERICANS UNDER THE COMMAND OF GEN. Wm SHAFTER, JULY 17, 1898.
1809
Spanish Coat of Arms
On Breech Band:
NO 8388 SEVILLA 15 DE AGOSTO DE 1845
On Right Trunnion:
Po 1275L.
On Left Trunnion:
BRONCES
REFUNDIDOS
On Muzzle:
C.24 A
*The Memorial inscription explains the history of the piece.
Left Side:
THE INSCRIPTION ON GERAL ALVAREZ 1809 STANDS FOR THE MAN IN WHOSE HONOR THE CANNON WAS NAMED. THIS WAS GENERAL MARIANO ALVAREZ DE CASTRO. A SPANISH OFFICER BORN AT GRENADA AND DISTINGUISHED FOR HIS RESOLUTE DEFENSE OF GERONA AGAINST THE FRENCH IN 1809 HE DIED IN PRISON THE SAME YEAR THE MONOGRAMME ON THE BREECH OF THE GUN RESTS ON THE SPANISH COAT OF ARMS AND STANDS FOR ISABELLA II. THE REIGNING SOVEREIGN AT THE TIME THE GUN WAS CAST THIS WAS AUG 13th 1845 AND THE PLACE SEVILLE, SPAIN
Right Side:
THIS CANNON PRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO ALLEGHENY JUNE 29th 1899. CAPTURED FROM THE SPANISH AT SANTIAGO CUBA BY THE AMERICANS UNDER THE COMMAND OF GEN. Wm SHAFTER, JULY 17, 1898.
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| Hampton's Battery Monument, East Park, North Side- Breech Band 1 |
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| Hampton's Battery Monument, East Park, North Side- Breech Band 3 |
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| Hampton's Battery Monument, East Park, North Side- Isabella Coat of Arms |
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| Hampton's Battery Monument, East Park, North Side- Left Trunnion |
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| Hampton's Battery Monument, East Park, North Side-Breech Band 2 |
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| Hampton's Battery Monument, East Park, North Side-Breech Band 4 |
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| Hampton's Battery Monument, East Park, North Side-Breech Band 5 |
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| Hampton's Battery Monument, East Park, North Side-Muzzle |
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| Hampton's Battery Monument, East Park, North Side-Side |
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| Hampton's Battery Monument,East Park, North Side- Right Trunnion |
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