2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia.

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Result of an attack by Union Gen. William B. Hazen's 2nd Division, 15th Corps, 1864 December 13, which succeeded in taking the garrison; Shows a portion of Big Ogeechee River and indicates the location of Confederate Fort McAllister. On March 3, 1863 Union gunboats and ironclads attacked the fort in order to test the effectiveness of their new monitors, which held up well despite several direct hits.

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Size: 2806px × 4848px
Location: Ogeechee River, Georgia
Photo credit: © The Protected Art Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: army, assault, attack, cartographic, cartography, ci, civil, colored, confederate, federal, fort, hand, hazen, ironclads, maps, mcallister, military, north, ogeechee, potomac, river, union, war