On April 26, 1906, people of Bainbridge and Decatur County, led by the Daughters of the Confederacy, gathered in Monument Square, now Willis Park, for their 38th annual memorial tribute to the Confederate dead. Thousands came from Georgia, Florida, and Alabama to witness the unveiling ceremonies. Colonel John E. Donalson introduced Honorable Benjamin E. Russell for the unveiling address, and Miss Linda Gordon, niece of Lieutenant-General John B. Gordon, unveiled a monument honoring Confederate heroes, living and dead. Afterward, Donalson introduced Judge W.M. Harrell, who praised Judge Charles C. Campbell's wartime heroism, and Judge Campbell unveiled a 6-pounder brass cannon presented to the Daughters of the Confederacy by the State of Georgia. The cannon was immediately fired, and it was also fired during July 4 festivities in 1906, though workers were urged to inspect it carefully because it was said to be honey-combed inside and dangerous to fire. Cast from bronze in 1850 by the N.P. Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts, this Model 1841 cannon, U.S. Government Registry number 391, weighed 888 pounds and was inspected for the Union army by James Wolfe Ripley, whose initials JWR were stamped on it. The Model 1841 6-pounder bronze cannon was part of a family of weapons designed by the U.S. Army Ordnance Department in 1841, proved effective in the Mexican War, and remained in use in the western theater until the end of the Civil War despite losing favor after the introduction of the Model 1857 Napoleon. In January 2015, Carl A. Rykard of Hahira, Georgia, painstakingly restored the cannon and hand-crafted its reproduction carriage, reusing several original metal parts and fitting wheels made in Pennsylvania and shipped to Bainbridge.