This gun was one of twenty six-nine inch guns in the battery of Admiral Farragut's historic flagship Hartford during the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, at the battles of New Orleans, Vickersburg, Port Hudson, and Mobile, and it stands as a silent reminder to rising generations of the glorious deeds of the Navy during that fierce conflict, when the God of Battles watched over the nation and this gun effectively spoke for liberty and a united country.