. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE DEMOLISHED BARRIER—FORT PULASKI These three pietures speak eloquently of the ruin wrought by the combined efforts of the army and navy to gain possession of FortPulaski. At the left an 8-inch smooth-bore points upward as the Confederates swung it for use as a mortar against the Federal bat-teries. Beside it lies one of the mortars, dismounted and rendered useless bj the fire from the Federal batteries, while in the lowerpictiue the huge breaches made in the walls of the fort are vividly apparent. It was no easy task to accompli
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE DEMOLISHED BARRIER—FORT PULASKI These three pietures speak eloquently of the ruin wrought by the combined efforts of the army and navy to gain possession of FortPulaski. At the left an 8-inch smooth-bore points upward as the Confederates swung it for use as a mortar against the Federal bat-teries. Beside it lies one of the mortars, dismounted and rendered useless bj the fire from the Federal batteries, while in the lowerpictiue the huge breaches made in the walls of the fort are vividly apparent. It was no easy task to accomplish all this. Withoutthe assistance of the navy it would have been impossible. The web-footed gunboats, as Lincoln called them, formed an essentialpart of the land expedition; floundering through mud, they protected the troops from Tattnalls flotilla while guns were dragged withdifficulty over the marshy surface of Jones Island and placed in position. The doomed garrison refused to surrender on April 10, ISCJ,and for two days withstood a terrible bombardmen
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