Selma Made Civil War Cannons Recovered

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CNN reports two of the cannons recovered from underwater near the wreckage of the Civil War ship The CSS Pee Dee in South Carolina were manufactured in Selma, Alabama.

A 9-inch Dahlgren cannon, which had been recovered by the South from a sunken Union vessel, and two Brooke rifled cannons manufactured in Selma, Alabama, were "premier naval weapons of the Civil War," said underwater archaeologist James Spirek.

A Rare Photo of The CSS Alabama, in Singapore

The cannons are in much better shape than those recovered several years ago from the CSS Alabama because those---off the coast of France where the raider was sunk in a famous battle with a U.S. ship---were in salt water. It too several years to prepare the Alabama cannons for display...the CSS Pee Dee weapons will be ready much sooner.