Historical Marker

Haiman's Sword Factory

Columbus · Muscogee County · Erected 1994

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The Story

Prussian immigrants Louis and Elias Haiman turned their tinsmith shop into one of the Confederacy's largest sword works, employing over 400. Federal troops burned it in April 1865 after the brothers refused a loyalty oath.

About this site

Haiman's Sword Factory is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1994. It is one of 92 historical markers documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.4734, -84.9916 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Peabody-Warner House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include TSYS, Philip Thomas Schley, and Ernest Woodruff / Robert Winship Woodruff.

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

📍 32.4734, -84.9916 · Columbus, Muscogee County

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