The Civil War
The
"Swamp
Angel" was
a large Parrott class rifle or cannon which was used to fire on
Charleston. The engineering involved to create a gun platform floating
on a mud marsh was unique and a feat of engineering for that time.
The article on the Swamp
Angel includes many facts about the gun and the construction of the
battery. Today the gun sits lonely in a park in Trenton, New Jersey. Its
historical marker contains a few errors, but besides that, it still
exists, though in an unexpected place, far from its moment in time.
"Then Let The Hurricanes Roar"
This article follows the journey of George R. Harrison, and the 13th
New Jersey Volunteers
from the day he left
Centerville,
and joined the Union Army in Newark, New Jersey. A few months later he was killed near the
Dunker Church
on the
Antietam
battlefield.
His Father, Rufus F. Harrison, a prominent businessman, Judge,
and a
member of the New Jersey Legislature, was the person responsible for getting the
New
Jersey Monument
erected on the battlefield of
Antietam.
An interesting and true account of these events are recounted in a paper
I presented to the Roseland Historical Society regarding George R.
Harrison. Centerville,
was later named
Roseland, (in part because of
Mr. Harrison's influence as the town Postmaster) and is located in Essex County New Jersey.
Read "Then
Let The Hurricanes Roar"
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