8-inch Parrott (200 Pounder)
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)
Marker is on Poe Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
