The 42-inch-long (107-centimeter) bronze cannons, also known as wall guns, were found by independent researcher Deni Seymour. They are the first firearms recovered from an expedition led by ...

Archaeologists think the battle may have started so quickly that the Spanish conquistadors didn’t have time to fire the 3.5-foot-long cannon. “This cannon and the battle that occurred around ...

Ancient Spanish cannon in the fort protecting the harbor bellowed their reply. Out of the mist loomed two U.S. cruisers and three destroyers. It was the U.S. Sixth Fleet’s first operational ...

The Spanish-American War ended in August 1898 and Chattanooga celebrated the United States victory with a request for a captured Spanish cannon for their city. The city council settled on locating ...