"Big Cannon" is located behind Nassau Hall in the center of the quadrangle there, called "Cannon Green", and "Little Cannon" is situated between Whig and Clio Halls.For the War of 1812, "Big Cannon" was transported to New Brunswick to help defend the city against potential attack by the British, remaining on the Rutgers campus – where it was used for training during and after the Civil War by Rutgers cadets – until it was taken back to Princeton in 1836 by the "Princeton Blues", a local militia.