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The Camp Olden Gazette News from the Camp Olden Civil War Round Table Summer, 2012 President’S Gavel The Camp Olden Gazette News from the Camp Olden Civil War Round Table Summer, 2012 President’s Gavel. th On April 7 I decided to take a ride out to construct the base that supported and protected Cadwalader Park and check the condition of the the huge cannon. Mercer County Soldiers & Sailors Civil War After three weeks of strenuous labor, the Swamp monument for a different project I had in mind Angel was ready to open fire at 1:30 A.M. on 22 but I disgustingly discovered the vandalism of August 1863. Its blasts startled the citizens of the famous Swamp Angel. The plastic shield in Charleston, who at first could not determine the barrel is now broken and worst of all the where the screeching hostile shells were coming bronze plaque with the description of the cannon from. Fortunately for the Charlestonians, the and its actions is now missing after being there Swamp Angel was using experimental for many, many years. Camp Olden now has to incendiary shells. One of these may have caused step up to the plate and find a way to correct this the cannon to blow up at about 1:00 A.M. on 24 wrongdoing and to hopefully prevent it from August 1863, when it was firing its 36th round. happening again. This explosion caused the breech of the gun (back part of the cannon) to blow out of its jacket just behind the vent, making it unfit for further use. The explosion threw the gun onto its parapet, making it appear to be ready to fire again, a fact that continued to distress the people of Charleston for some time. I took photos that you can see above and am also The famous Swamp Angel now became only so presenting a write-up on the history of the much scrap metal and was junked along with Swamp Angel by Camp Olden member other disabled cannons form the Charleston area. Dr. David Martin. After the war, a pile of broken heavy cannons The Swamp Angel from Charleston was bought as scrap by Charles By David Martin Carr of the Phoenix Iron Company of Trenton. One of the most famous cannons of the Civil The shipment was brought to Trenton as scrap, War era was the North’s “Swamp Angel,” an where a soldier who had served at Charleston eight ton monster that terrorized Charleston, claimed to recognize the broken Swamp Angel S.C., for three days in August of 1863 (it was gun. A man named John Hart Brewer suggested also known as the “Marsh Battery”).The cannon, the idea of setting up the cannon as a monument, known technically as an eight inch Parrott rifle, and succeeded at raising enough money to do so. Model 1861, was able to use a 16 pound powder A plot of land at the intersection of Clinton and charge to hurl a 150 pound shell as far as five Perry Streets was donated by the city of Trenton, miles, a range far beyond that of the Confederate and the monument itself was designed by Isaac cannons that were defending Charleston. The Brougham of Trenton. It was constructed of Swamp Angel was noted as much for its range as Trenton brown stone and was in the shape of a for the unique platform that supported it in a truncated pyramid. The cannon tube was placed marsh at the southern edge of Charleston harbor. on top of the base “plain for all to see.” The Union engineers used 13,000 sand bags, over monument was dedicated in February 1877. 10,000 feet of planks and a force of 7000 men to There is an article in the 1 December 1876 New The Camp Olden Gazette 1 York Times about the construction of the incher. All that are lacking is the three last digits memorial, and early pictures of it show the date of its year of manufacture (1863). Also lacking, February 1877 on its plaque. When the plaque unfortunately, is the gun’s distinctive breech was later replaced, the incorrect date of 1871 band, common to all Parrott rifles, which was accidentally inscribed. apparently was lost in Charleston after the gun The Swamp Angel was rededicated on 3 blew up, or when the broken barrel was being December 1915 and remained at the intersection transported to Trenton. of Clinton and Perry Streets until the opening of Trenton’s cannon, then, has been demonstrated the Civil War Centennial, when it had to be to be most likely to be the true Swamp Angel, moved because of road changes. It was and as such it is a significant relic of the war. It transferred to its present location in Cadwalader is also a controversial one. In 1960, 1988 and Park and rededicated on 12 April 1961, when the 1990 three different Trenton mayors have principal speaker was Dr. Harold Morrison proposed sending the gun back to Charleston as Smith, Headmaster of Bordentown Military a “good will” token, a “grand gesture of Academy. Thirty-three years later the cannon reconciliation with the South.” However, such a and its base were cleaned by the Camp Olden move has been strongly and successfully Civil War Round Table. It was rededicated on 8 opposed by local citizens, veterans’ groups and October 1994, with Dr. David Martin giving the Civil War enthusiasts at each juncture. An ideal rededication speech. use of the cannon would be as a centerpiece for a There has been controversy for a number of state museum on the Civil War or New Jersey years as to whether or not the cannon in Trenton history. Perhaps it even could be moved to the is the true “Swamp Angel.” In the 1970s cannon plaza in front of the New Jersey State Museum historian Warren Ripley argued that at least six on State Street in downtown Trenton. guns of the same size as the Swamp Angel were I would like to thank the following volunteers disabled near Charleston during the war, and that who came out and supported Camp Olden at the four of them blew off at the breech, the same New Jersey History Fair on May 12th - Bruce spot where the Swamp Angel came apart. In the Smith, Bob Dunfey, Julia Foulks, Stu Foulks, absence of serial numbers or other identifying Connie Davis, Keith Tomlinson, Kim Daly, Joe marks, Ripley argued that there was only a one Sedor and his grandson Joe Sedor, as well as in four chance that Trenton’s “Swamp Angel” members who just stopped by and said Hi. It was was the real thing. a very successful and enjoyable day. However, recent research has done much to Now for our upcoming speakers: June 7th - confirm the Swamp Angel’s identity. General Richard Schwartz will speak on "Why should we Quincy A. Gilmore, commander of Union care about the Lincoln-Douglas debates?" July operations at Charleston, was meticulous and 5th - Dr. David Martin will speak on the New carefully recorded the serial numbers of all his Jersey Monuments Gettysburg Guide of the New cannons. His notes show that the cannon known Jersey 150th Civil War Anniversary Committee. as the Swamp Angel had serial No. 6 on it. Other September 6th - Sydney Cruise Dixon will evidence shows that this gun was cast at the speak on Joseph Clifton of the 6th NJ. West Point Foundry in New York in 1863 and See you at the next meeting! weighed 16,577 pounds. It is now known that Your obedient servant, Ripley was not able to see the serial number on the gun in his time. Efforts to clean the muzzle since then have revealed the markings “No. 6/1xxx/W.P.F./8 IN”. This information agrees in every way with Gilmore’s notes and the notes from the foundry: that this is gun number 6 made at the West Point Foundry (W.P.F.) and is an 8- Bruce. ♦ (at Morristown NHP) The Camp Olden Gazette 2 Meet Your Fellow Members: Lincoln called for volunteers in 1861. He served three months and then returned to his shipyard in Here’s another entry in our biography series Camden to build lifeboats for the Union Navy. initiated as a way for members to get to know Two years later, he enlisted in the Navy and each other better. served the rest of the war on a blockade ship. I’m Bob Christine and I’ve always been It is a pleasure being part of Camp Olden. ♦ interested in history, volunteering on the Battleship New Jersey and active in the Winslow Township Historical Society. The 100th Civil War Sesquicentennial – Anniversary events in 1961 started my interest in Below are some of the major events which the Civil War. Two books, “Reveille in occurred 150 years ago from June of 1862 to th Washington” and “The 20 Maine”, hooked me. August of 1862: For years my wife and I vacationed in the South, June 5, Tranter's Creek touring 38 battlefields and historic sites. June 6, Memphis June 7-8, Chattanooga June 8, Cross Keys June 9, Port Republic June 16, Secessionville / James Island June 17, Saint Charles June 21, Simmon's Bluff South Carolina June 26, Beaver Dam Creek / Mechanicsville About 10 years ago, I discovered that my great- June 27, Gaines' Mill / First Cold Harbor grandfather, Nathan K. Hammer had enlisted in June 27-28, Garnett's Farm / Golding's Farm th 1861 in the 12 Wisconsin Infantry Regiment in June 29, Savage's Station Madison, WI, and trained at Camp Randall.
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