This relic is an iron hook is believed to be from a 6-pounder cannon carriage. This would be the hook the handspike was suspended from. This measures about 4” x 2.25”. This piece features a hole where it was bolted to the cannon carriage. Iron is rusty and pitted but remains stable.

This comes from the Gregory A. Coco collection. It was recovered at Fort DeRussy, Louisiana.

Fort DeRussy was a Confederate earthwork built in 1862 to defend the lower Red River Valley in Louisiana. The fort was named for Colonel Lewis G. DeRussy, the oldest West Point graduate to serve in the Confederate Army. A portion of Rear Admiral David D. Porter's Mississippi Squadron captured the fort on May 5, 1863, with portions being destroyed on May 9, 1863, by the USS Benton. The remnants of the garrison at the fort surrendered to the Union Army on March 14, 1864.

Gregory A. Coco was born in Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana in 1946. He served in Vietnam and was a Park Ranger at Gettysburg NMP for many years. Greg enjoyed historical research and authored many books relating to the Battle of Gettysburg, most notably “A Vast Sea of Misery” and “A Strange and Blighted Land”.   [jet][ph:L]

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