Red Jacket

This small brass cannon fired salutes when Georgia seceded and at Jefferson Davis's inauguration. Thrown into the Chattahoochee in 1865 to avoid capture, it was later recovered, sold as junk, and eventually restored to the Columbus Guards.

Red Jacket is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1955. 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 32.4647, -84.9908 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Birthplace of Georgia's Woman Suffrage Movement (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Springer Opera House, Primus King and the Civil Rights Movement, and Confederate Hospitals.

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