Savannah GA. USA. 1983. Ft. Pulaski. On Thursday morning of April 10, 1862, on a small patch of ground on Cockspur Island between Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia, bombardment of Fort Pulaski by Union artillery was to take but a mere 30-hours and history would see the end of masonry forts in the United States with Fort Pulaski being the first to fall to ‘rifled cannon fire.’

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On Thursday morning of April 10, 1862, on a small patch of ground on Cockspur Island between Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia, bombardment of Fort Pulaski by Union artillery was to take but a mere 30-hours and history would see the end of masonry forts in the United States with Fort Pulaski being the first to fall to ‘rifled cannon fire.’

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Location: Ft. Pulaski National Monument, Georgia
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