Abandoned Artillery

Two Wiard rifled cannon represent two of the four guns lost by Lt. Alexander Marshall of Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, whose armament originally included two 12-pounder howitzers, two 12-pounder Wiard rifles, and two six-pounder Wiard rifles. These guns valiantly but vainly tried to check the Confederate advance by firing repeated charges of canister and then retreating by prolonge to fire again. They were abandoned when most of the horses were killed and the Confederates were only 40 yards away. In this area, 14 Union cannon were lost to the Confederates by Sheridan's and Negley's divisions.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee · United States