columbiad

The columbiad was a large-caliber, smoothbore, muzzle-loading cannon able to fire heavy projectiles at both high and low trajectories. This feature enabled the columbiad to fire solid shot or shell to long ranges, making it an excellent seacoast defense weapon for its day. The columbiad was first made at the foundry of Henry Foxall on the Potomac in Georgetown for use at Fort Columbus on Governor's Island in New York. Columbiads were used in United States seacoast defense from the War of 1812 until the early years of the 20th century. Very few columbiads were used outside of the U.S. and Confederate Armies; nevertheless, the columbiad is considered by some as the inspiration for the later shell-only cannons developed by Frenchman Henri-Joseph Paixhans some 30 years later.

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Photograph.

A Confederate Columbiad bears toward Chaffin's Bluff on the James River from within Fort Darling.

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14576437867)

There are perhaps a dozen old cannons called Columbiads scattered along the Terreplein of Fort Jefferson (now Dry Tortugas (94c49f55d3634874b0a38524c060e83f)

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Unidentified Union Officers and Columbiad Cannon

CastlePinckneyArtillery

Cannons in Yorktown, Virginia

View of Fort Jefferson with Loggerhead Key distant, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA

View of Fort Jefferson with Loggerhead Key distant, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA

• The New International Encyclopædia/Columbiad -

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Photograph.		Commons
commons	image		A Confederate Columbiad bears toward Chaffin's Bluff on the James River from within Fort Darling.		Commons
commons	image		The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14576437867)		Commons
commons	image		There are perhaps a dozen old cannons called Columbiads scattered along the Terreplein of Fort Jefferson (now Dry Tortugas (94c49f55d3634874b0a38524c060e83f)		Commons
commons	image		BatteryatFortJohnsonCharlestonp		Commons
commons	image		Unidentified Union Officers and Columbiad Cannon		Commons
commons	image		CastlePinckneyArtillery		Commons
commons	image		Cannons in Yorktown, Virginia		Commons
commons	image		View of Fort Jefferson with Loggerhead Key distant, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA		Commons
commons	image		View of Fort Jefferson with Loggerhead Key distant, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA		Commons