Columbiad

Fort McAllister's heavy guns included an eight-inch Columbiad, a massive smoothbore cannon; after the fort fell in December 1864, Union forces removed such guns from the captured works.

Columbiad is a historical marker in Richmond Hill, Bryan County, erected in 1964. It is one of 35 historical markers documented in Bryan County, among 74 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.8914, -81.1957 near Richmond Hill. The nearest cataloged historic site is Position of the Monitors (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Major Gallie's Gun, Obstruction of River, and Damage From Naval Bombardments.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.