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Yes, indeed. The "Lady Slocomb" was a 8" Columbiad named after the wife of Captain Slocomb, the battery commander of the Fifth Company, Louisiana Washington Artillery. The company of 90 men arrived at the Spainish Fort on March 24th, 1865. The position was part of the defenses of Mobile Bay. The company occupied the center redoubt of the Spainsih Fort and they named it Fort Blair. Among the eight artillery pieces was the Lady Slocomb. The Lady Slocomb was disabled during a ten day seige that ended on April 8th, 1865 with the evacuation of the confederates defenses at the Spainish Fort, the Lady Slocomb was left behind still in the position but disabled by battle damage. The Columbiad gun was retrieved in 1899 and sent to New Orleans. It put on display at the Confederate Memorial Hall and deciated to the memory of Captain Cuthbert Slocomb and "The men who gave their lives for its defense". Men from the 14th Texas Cavalry (Dismounted) shared in the cost of bringing the gun to New Orleans and purchased the base of the gun.
The book "The Pride of the Confederate Artillery", a history of the Fifth Company of the Louisana Washington covers these events and the gun. Published in 1997 by the Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge LA, authored by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr.. The ISBN of the book is 0807121878.
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Ron

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