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Approximately 200 feet southwest of this site, the first gun for the Confederate Navy was cast on 4 May 1861. The gun was a Dalhgren cannon that fired an 8-inch-diameter explosive shell. Sylvester Bennett was proprietor.
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Gretna, Louisiana · United States
