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3 unusual facts about Edenton Bell Battery


Chowan County, North Carolina

After cannon were recast from bronze donated as bells from local courthouses and churches to arm the battery, the unit was renamed the Edenton Bell Battery.

Edenton Bell Battery

Fannie Roulac was another twelve-pound weapon, created from the bell once atop the Edenton United Methodist Church, where Miss Roulac was highly regarded and a church leader.

The location of the cannons remained a mystery until 1990, when an Edenton Civil War re-enactor discovered the Edenton at Shiloh National Military Park in Shiloh, Tennessee.



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