FORT PULASKI

pəlăsˈkē, brick fortification on Cockspur Island, SE Ga., at the mouth of the Savannah River; built 1829–47 by the U.S. government and named for Casimir Pulaski. The fort was seized by Georgia troops during the Civil War in Jan., 1861, but fell to a Union force under Q. A. Gillmore on Apr. 11, 1862, after a two-day bombardment in which the Federals used rifled cannon for the first time in the war; the battle proved the superiority of rifled cannon over masonry forts. Fort Pulaski National Monument was established in 1924 (see National Parks and Monuments, table).

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books on: Fort Pulaski  - 248 results

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The Age of Hate: Andrew Johnson and the Radicals
Book by George Fort Milton; Coward-McCann, 1930
Subjects: Johnson, Andrew--1808-1875, Presidents--United States--Biography, United States--Politics and government--1865-1869, United States--Politics and government--Civil War
...subject. This pamphlet is unknown to Johnson collectors. One fable about Johnsons recognition of illegitimacy Is destroyed by Pulaski Cowper, late private secretary to Governor Bragg, of North Carolina. In 1867, Cowper heard Johnsons oration over the monument...
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History of the American Civil War - Vol. 2
Book by John William Draper; Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1868
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes
...simultaneously with those at Walls Cut. Access round Fort Pulaski having thus been obtained, a road was made...gun-boats at a distance. Isolation of Fort Pulaski. For the reduction of Fort Pulaski, eleven batteries were established on the northwest...
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Civil War Heavy Explosive Ordnance: A Guide to Large Artillery Projectiles, Torpedoes, and Mines
Book by Jack Bell; University of North Texas Press, 2003
Subjects: Mines (Military Explosives)--Confederate States Of America--History, Mines (Military Explosives)--United States--History--19th Century, Projectiles--History--19th Century, Submarine Mines--Confederate States Of America--History, Submarine Mines--United States--History--19th Century, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment And Supplies
...28 The Siege of Fort Pulaski The siege of Fort Pulaski rang the death knell to a new system of brick forts that were being built...the Civil War began. Fort Pulaski was one of these new generation forts being built to defend...
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The Road to Disunion: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861
Book by William W. Freehling; Oxford University Press, 1990
Subjects: Secession, Southern States--Politics And Government--1775-1865, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes, United States--Politics And Government--1815-1861
...After Robert Anderson occupied Fort Sumter, Lamar meant to occupy the Savannah fortress, Fort Pulaski, before federal troops could...colossus. Like Fort Sumter, Fort Pulaski loomed over its own island...thousands of federal guns from Fort Pulaski and bring them to Charleston...
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War Letters, 1862-1865, of John Chipman Gray ... and John Codman Ropes ... with Portraits
Book by John Chipman Gray, John Codman Ropes; Houghton Mifflin, 1927
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives
...in our possession to be sent to Fort Pulaski, as soon as preparations are made...Foster and some officers to Fort Pulaski. I had never been there before and was glad of the chance. Fort Pulaski is in Georgia, in which state I...
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journal articles on: Fort Pulaski  - 77 results

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Guardian of Savannah: Fort Mcallister, Georgia, in the Civil War and beyond
Journal article by Lisa L. Denmark; South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 111, 2010
...southern coast. One of the reasons for the forts impregnability was the stability of its...8, Durham discusses the experience of Fort McAllisters defenders. Depending heavily...invasion of northern Georgia . In this, Fort McAllister faced problems mirrored throughout...Constant troop changes weakened the forts command structure. Desertions and runaways...as Sherman neared the coast, leaving Fort McAllister most vulnerable. In chapter...
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Robert E. Lee's First Visit to His Father's Grave
Journal article by John Morgan Dederer; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 102, 1994
Subjects: History, Lee, Robert E (1807-70), Military officers
...Custis Lee, 26 July 1855, written from Fort Clinch on Amelia Island. Custis Lee dined...adjutant generals office to the commandant of Fort Monroe, General Order No. 39, 17 May 1832, Casement Museum, Fort Monroe, Va.). (30) Freeman, R...
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Lee in Love: Courtship and Correspondence in Antebellum Virginia
Journal article by Robert E. L Debutts Jr.; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 115, 2007
Subjects: Daughters, Letters, Summer, Trust companies, Weddings
...where he was preparing the site for Fort Pulaski, and the initial six weeks of his second assignment, at Fort Monroe on the Virginia Peninsula...soil, laying the foundations of the Fort will be a very delicate operation...
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Seldom Thanked, Never Praised, and Scarcely Recognized: Gender and Racism in Civil War Hospitals
Journal article by Jane E. Schultz; Civil War History, Vol. 48, 2002
Subjects: African American women, Alcott, Louisa May--Attitudes, Hospitals, Military--Social aspects, Prejudices--Social aspects, Race relations--History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects, Women in war--Social aspects
...1862 from Savannah to Union-held Fort Pulaski, an uncertain freedom was preferable...the survivors of the 1863 siege of Fort Wagner as "my black heroes...the testimony of Emily Parsons from Fort Schuyler (her New York assignment...
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Becoming Southern: The Jews of Savannah, Georgia, 1830-70
Journal article by Mark I. Greenberg; American Jewish History, Vol. 86, 1998
Subjects: American Jews--History, Jews, American--History, Savannah, Georgia--Social aspects
...also became an officer--a second lieutenant in 1863 at age 17. For a time he served at Fort Pulaski. Later in the war Octavus moved to Fort Wagner, outside of Charleston, and in 1864 he became acting ordnance officer for a brigade stationed...
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magazine articles on: Fort Pulaski  - 93 results

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Delving into the Deep South Part Ii
Magazine article by Shannon Hanson; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 92, November 2004
Subjects: American Civil War, Florida, Georgia, Historic buildings & sites, Military history, Museums
...northernmost holding. Tours of original fort include rooms with exhibits tracing the forts history, a video presentation on request...Well-preserved masonry watchtower fort built by Spanish in 1740-42. Small visitor center with exhibits on forts history and 8-minute video. Fort accessible by passenger ferry. Guided...
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The Civil War's Real Rhett Butler: George Alfred Trenholm
Magazine article by Mike Coppock; Sea Classics, Vol. 43, April 2010
...around the globe on various missions when Fort Sumter was fired upon. However, Lincoln...When Lincoln resrponded to the shelling of Fort Sumter by calling up the US Army, Trenholm...foresight to see its coming. A year before Fort Sumter was fired upon, five men with distinct...
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Thanksgiving: Days of Thanks and Despair in Wartime
Magazine article; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 97, November 2009
Subjects: Thanksgiving
...CIVIL WAR 1861, Nov. 24 - Union forces gain ground at Fort Pulaski, Ga. 1862, April 13 - Federal government proclaims...November, he and his men bag some 100 turkeys around Fort Apache in hostile territory. 1917-18: WORLD WAR I...
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Ordinary Man, Extraordinary Hero: The Story of Sergeant William Jasper Is a Reminder That Ordinary Men of Extraordinary Courage Can Shape History and Inspire Generations
Magazine article by Michael E. Telzrow; The New American, Vol. 21, November 28, 2005
Subjects: Jasper, William--Appreciation, Jasper, William--Services, Soldiers--Appreciation, Soldiers--Services
...assigned to the construction and defense of Fort Sullivan. With no stone available, Moultries...engineers and men were forced to construct the forts walls with palmetto logs placed 16 feet...design deficient and recommended that the fort be abandoned. Moultrie, however, was...
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A Frenzy of Selling
Magazine article; American Journalism Review, Vol. 21, May 1999
Subjects: Editor and Publisher Company Inc.--Statistics, Newspaper publishing--Acquisitions, mergers, divestments, Newspapers--Circulation
...412 Craig Daily Press (1997) 2,978 Fort Morgan Times (1996) 4,572 Glenwood...649 Ennis Daily News (1997) 3,046 Fort Worth Star-Telegram (1997) 227,724...Craig Daily Press (1997) WorldWest Ltd. Fort Morgan Times (1996) MediaNews Glenwood...
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newspaper articles on: Fort Pulaski  - 16 results

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Pennypacker Proved His Mettle Early On
Newspaper article by Larry V. Solvey; The Washington Times, September 5, 1998
...California. With the firing on Fort Sumter, Galusha Pennypacker...the age of 22 for heroism at Fort Fisher, N.C. Pennypackers...the coast of South Carolina (Forts Wagner and Gregg, James Island...Georgia (the capture of Fort Pulaski) and Florida (the capture...
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Six Hundred Suffer North's POW Cruelty; Rebels Held in Firing Zone
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 17, 2004
...They were sent south from Fort Delaware, an old fortress on...today a Delaware state park. At Fort Delaware, there were, at times...issued to the prisoners at Fort Delaware, were taken away...others) were moved to Fort Pulaski, another prewar coastal fortress...
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Gen. Horace Porter: 'A Public Spirited Servant'
Newspaper article by Dawn Porter; The Washington Times, May 17, 1997
...first encounter with the enemy was at Fort Pulaski in Georgia, where the young officer...and civilians, is on exhibit at the Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site. Visitors...hold its 95th National Competition at Fort Shenandoah near Winchester. Member...
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Shocking Ad Leads to Arrest; Southern Lawyer Offered to Kill Lincoln
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 7, 2009
Subjects: Assassination, Attorneys, Lawyers, Lincoln, Abraham
...of the Union Army to arrest Gayle and take him north to Fort Lafayette Prison in New York Harbor. The trial of the...Instead authorities transferred Gayle to a prison at Fort Pulaski outside Savannah, Ga. Gayle had nothing to do with John...
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District
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 23, 2002
...daughter. The unidentified man stabbed his 39-year-old wife after he arrived at her town house in the 1800 block of Fort Pulaski Court yesterday morning, police said. The couple were separated, and the man apparently was there to pick up his...
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encyclopedia articles on: Fort Pulaski  - 8 results

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Fort Pulaski
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FORT PULASKI p las ke, brick fortification on...government and named for Casimir Pulaski . The fort was seized by Georgia troops during...superiority of rifled cannon over masonry forts. Fort Pulaski National Monument was established...
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Pulaski, Fort
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PULASKI, FORT see Fort Pulaski . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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National Parks and Monuments
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...with pueblos, stone forts, and petroglyphs. Alibates...Old Spanish masonry fort in Saint Augustine...sequoia tree stumps. Fort Frederica MO SE Ga...Augustine , Fla. Fort Pulaski MO SE Ga. 1924 5,623...Cockspur Island. See Fort Pulaski . Fort Stanwix MO Central...55,651) Historic forts and white sand beaches near Pensacola, Fla.; Fort Massachusetts and primitive...
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Georgia , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Control and Prevention, near Atlanta; Fort Benning, near Columbus; and the Kings...occurred in Georgia, and in 1742, near Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island, Oglethorpe...the Union navy, and in Apr., 1862, Fort Pulaski (which had been seized by the...
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Savannah , City, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The first steamship to cross the Atlantic, the Savannah, sailed from there to Liverpool in 1819. In the Civil War, Fort Pulaski, on an island near the mouth of the Savannah River, was captured by Federals in 1862, but the city did not fall until...
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