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== Gallery ==
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File:CScolumbiadFtDarling.jpg|A Confederate 10-inch (254&nbsp;mm) [[Rodman gun|Rodman]] columbiad on a center pivot mount in [[Fort Darling]], asVirginia, similar to one in Battery Four at [[Siege of Port Hudson|Port Hudson]], Louisiana. ThisUnlike this mounting, the Port Hudson gun couldwas mounted to fire in any direction, and was so effective that Union troops referred to it as the “Demoralizer”.
File:Columbiad cannon (1964 reproduction) at Fort McAllister, GA, US.jpg|Columbiad (1964 reproduction) at [[Fort McAllister]]
File:Big Guns near Ft. Sumter, S.C - NARA - 529958.jpg|The foreground weapon is a 10-inch Model 1844 columbiad, banded and rifled, recently captured by the Union at Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor. The carriage has been cut through by the Confederates to deny the weapon's use to the Union.