Union Siege Battery No. 21 / 3rd Brigade of Carr's Division

Historical marker location:

226 General Canby Loop, Spanish Fort, Alabama

( Marker is on General Canby Loop, 0.2 miles north of General Canby Drive, on the right.)

Marker installed: 2013

Alabama is home to the largest cast iron statue in the world. The Vulcan statue, located in Birmingham, stands 56 feet tall and weighs over 100,000 pounds. It was built in 1904 for the St. Louis World's Fair and was later brought to Birmingham as a symbol of the city's industrial might.