Where is the cannonball? - Cannonball House (梅肯) - Cannonball House - 94条旅客点评与比价

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Where is the cannonball?

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2026年09月12日发布于: 海外

点评：I've seen a cannonball stuck in the wall of a barn on the Gettysburg battlefield and in an antebellum home in Vicksburg. But I didn't see the cannonball that struck a home at 856 Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia. On July 30, 1864, during the Battle of Dunlap Hill, a Union cannon fired a shot across the Ocmulgee River. It first struck a sand sidewalk, bounced into the left middle column of the house's front facade, passed through a parlor, then finally came to rest in the interior hallway. No one was injured or died but what came to be known as Cannonball House was the only residence in Macon that received damage. Today, a bronze cannon forged at the Macon Arsenal in 1864 is set in the front yard as a reminder of the incident. Built in 1853, as a planter's townhouse for Judge Asa Holt and known as the "Mansion of the Old South," it is an example of authentic Greek Revival architecture containing, 12-foot ceilings, a towering 36-inch pier mirror that stretches from floor to ceiling, an 1850s rosewood square grand piano, heart-pine floors, a hand-molded two-story brick kitchen, furnishings from the period of 1853 to 1870 and an extensive Civil War collection. Open from 10 to 3:30 Wednesday through Saturday, visitors take a 45-minute guided tour of the main house, which includes the ladies' bedroom, Judge Holt's room, the formal dining room with ornate artworks hanging on the walls and silver serving pieces arranged on the long dining table, the back parlor with a portrait of Alexander Stephens, the only vice-president of the Confederate States of America, brick kitchen, servants' quarters, museum, gardens and gift shop. Interesting relics include a set of five 19th century wedding dresses dating from 1850 to 1889, a collection of 12 hand-made quilts from 1850 to 1920 and a rare Richmond
Depot Type 11 enlisted solder's jacket belonging to Confederate Private Francis M. Freeman. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

翻译：我曾见过炮弹嵌在葛底斯堡战场上的一座谷仓墙里，也见过它留在维克斯堡的一栋南北战争前的住宅墙上。不过，我却从未见过那颗击中乔治亚州梅肯市桑树街856号住宅的炮弹。1864年7月30日，在邓拉普山战役期间，联邦军的一门大炮向奥克穆尔吉河对岸发射了一枚炮弹。该炮弹首先击中了沙质的人行道，随后弹跳起来击中了房屋正面左侧中间的圆柱，接着穿过了客厅，最后停在了室内的走廊里。无人受伤或死亡，但后来被称为“炮弹屋”的建筑是梅肯市唯一受损的住宅。如今，人们将一门于1864年在梅肯兵工厂铸造的青铜大炮安置在房屋前院，以纪念这一事件。这座房屋建于1853年，最初是供阿萨·霍尔特法官居住的种植园主宅邸，素有“南方古老宅邸”之称。它是典型的希腊复兴式建筑典范，屋内拥有高达12英尺的天花板。一面高达36英寸、从地面直通天花板的壁镜；一架19世纪50年代制造的红木方形大钢琴；心形松木铺就的地板；一座手工砌筑的两层砖结构厨房；1853年至1870年间风格的各式家具，以及数量众多的美国南北战争时期藏品。该馆于每周三至周六上午10点至下午3点半开放，游客可参加为期45分钟的导览游览，参观主楼内的各个房间，包括女主人卧室以及霍尔特法官的房间。装饰华丽的正式餐厅里，墙壁上挂着精美的艺术画作，长桌上则摆放着银制餐具；后厅里有一幅亚历山大·斯蒂芬斯的肖像画，他是美利坚联盟国唯一的副总统。此外还有砖砌厨房、仆人宿舍、博物馆、花园以及礼品店。馆内有趣的文物包括一套五件的19世纪婚纱，其制作年代介于1850年至1889年之间。这批藏品包括12件制作于1850年至1920年间的手工缝制被褥，以及一件极为罕见的里士满兵工厂制造的11型士兵夹克，该夹克原属于南方联盟军士兵弗朗西斯·M·弗里曼。这座房屋已被列入美国国家历史名胜名录。

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