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This sepia colored photograph shows the artillery piece known as the Abbott Howitzer. The cannon, manufactured by the Ames Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts, was purchased in 1855 by free-state activist James Burnett Abbott. The howitzer protected Lawrence, Kansas, during the sacking of the city on May 21, 1856. It was later used during the Civil War by James Henry Lane's brigade in Missouri. At the end of the war, the cannon was returned to Lawrence where it remained until Abbott donated the artillery piece to the Kansas Historical Society.
Creator: Leonard & Martin
Date: Between 1880s and 1890s
Item Number: 221063
Call Number: 1881.101.1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 221063
Collections - Museum
Date - 1854-1860
Date - 1861-1869
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Wars - Civil War
Military - Weapons - Artillery - Cannons
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Photographs
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