columbiads

It is further ascertained from this survey, that the armament of the fort consisted of fifty 32-pounders, seven columbiads, ten short guns, three rifle guns, two brass field pieces, and three mortars, in all seventy-five guns.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Solid steel-pointed shot, from columbiads and Parrotts, aimed with a precision that indicated not only great skill but a knowledge of the point of danger in the fort, perforated the walls and buried themselves in the thick and heavy masonry.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Various

Four eight-inch columbiads, carrying sixty-four pound balls, pointed at Fort Sumter.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

October, he ordered 40 columbiads and four 32 pounders to be sent from the arsenal to the Fort, at Galveston in Texas, the building of which had hardly been commenced.

Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman

The very idea of England and America playing a game of war with such checks, is as terrible as it is startling; it is like the suggestion to fight out a duel with columbiads, or as the two Kentucky engineers are said to have done, with full-steamed locomotives in collision.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Women trembled at the salutes which were fired in honor of the secession of other States, fearing lest the struggle had commenced and the dearly-loved son or brother in volunteer uniform was already under the storm of the columbiads.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

Others, more lucky, or better versed in telescopic observations, got a view of the fortress, and perhaps burst out swearing at the evident massiveness of the walls and the size of the columbiads.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

They were set to work as servants to officers, or to store provisions landed from vessels, -- thus relieving us of the fatigue duty which we had previously done, except that of dragging and mounting columbiads on the ramparts of the fort, a service which some very warm days have impressed on my memory.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Various

We were absolutely in doubt whether a seemingly inoffensive knot of rustics, on a mound without the inclosures, might not, at tap of drum, unmask a battery of giant columbiads, and belch blazes at us, raking our line.

Our March to Washington 1914

I also visited Fort Pulaski and saw the big columbiads in position and ready for the Yankee ships that might attempt to come up the river.

War stories and school-day incidents for the children, Berrien McPherson 1912