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During the American Civil War, the Albemarle Artillery was recruited in 1862 from Chowan and Tyrrell men at Edenton by local attorney William Badham, Jr .. After cannon were recast from bronze donated as bells from local courthouses and churches to arm the battery, the unit was renamed the Edenton Bell Battery.

They named their cannon: Columbia, St. Paul, Fannie Roulac, and Edenton.

Two of the guns, long thought lost, have been returned to Edenton in recent years.

The St. Paul and the Edenton now can be seen on display at Edenton's waterfront park.