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Civil War Cannon

Sparta, Wisconsin
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This Civil War cannon was captured from Confederate forces by Wisconsin troops on Island Number 10 near Vicksburg and was brought to Sparta by Mr. W. H. Farnham in 1867.
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Sparta, Wisconsin · United States

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