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8-inch Parrott (200 Pounder)

 
 
8-inch Parrott (200 Pounder) Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, May 3, 2010
1. 8-inch Parrott (200 Pounder) Marker
The photo on the marker shows an 8-inch Parrott in place on Morris Island during the Civil War.
Inscription. Named for the inventor, Robert Parker Parrott, these guns were the most widely used new rifled artillery during the Civil War. Heavy Parrott batteries emplaced on Morris Island reduced Fort Sumter to rubble. After the Civil War, this gun was included in the new armament of Fort Moultrie.

Maximum Range: 8000 yards (7315 M)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 32° 45.531′ N, 79° 51.393′ W. Marker is on Sullivans Island, South Carolina, in Charleston County. Marker is on Poe Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Located in the cannon walk, stop eight, on the tour of Fort Moultrie. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sullivans Island SC 29482, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 7-Inch Brooke Rifle, Triple Banded (here, next to this marker); 10-Inch Parrott (300 pounder) (here, next to this marker); Buoyant Mine (a few steps from this marker); 10-Inch Columbiad, Rifled and Banded (a few steps from this marker); 10-Inch Columbiad (Rodman) (a few steps from this marker); Battery Jasper (within shouting distance of this marker); Coastal Defense: The Endicott System (within shouting distance
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of this marker); 10-Inch Confederate Columbiad (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sullivans Island.
 
8-inch Parrott and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, May 3, 2010
2. 8-inch Parrott and Marker
8-inch Parrott image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, May 3, 2010
3. 8-inch Parrott
This Parrott Rifle displays registry number 56 and was made by West Point Foundry, New York in 1864. This gun may not have been in the Charleston area during the war. The earliest records indicate it arrived in 1872 from the Augusta Arsenal in Georgia. During a reconstruction in 1897, the gun was buried. In 1974 archeologists found this 16,487 pound iron gun and restored it.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 709 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 21, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.

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