. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . SCHELL, FRANK , IV. L. SCOTT, JULIAN MEEKER, EDlVlN J. SHELTON, IV. , THOMAS SHEPPARD, IV. L. ZOGBAUM, RUFUS F. SMITH, XANTHUSTABER, IVALTONTHULSTRUP, T. DETREGO, IV. , C. AIVAUD, ALFRED , IRVING , J. D. KEMP, J. S. DRAUGHTSMEN. SITTS, FRED. E. WELLS, JACOB ENGRAVERS. AIKEN, PETERATWOOD, K. , H. , G. , J. , , C. , T. , , TIMOTHYCOLLIN
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . SCHELL, FRANK , IV. L. SCOTT, JULIAN MEEKER, EDlVlN J. SHELTON, IV. , THOMAS SHEPPARD, IV. L. ZOGBAUM, RUFUS F. SMITH, XANTHUSTABER, IVALTONTHULSTRUP, T. DETREGO, IV. , C. AIVAUD, ALFRED , IRVING , J. D. KEMP, J. S. DRAUGHTSMEN. SITTS, FRED. E. WELLS, JACOB ENGRAVERS. AIKEN, PETERATWOOD, K. , H. , G. , J. , , C. , T. , , TIMOTHYCOLLINS, R. , , JOHN P. DE LORME, E. , EDWARDEVANS, J. , GASTONGAMM, ANTHONYHALL, ELIZ^ABETHHAYMAN, ARTHURHEARD, T. , , E. ,,W. , J. , ALLEN JOHNSON, THOMASKLASEN, , , , WILLIAM^MORSE, WILLIAM , JESSIENAYLOR, OLIVIANICHOLS, DAVIDOWENS, MARY , C. , S. T. SCHWA RTZBURGER, , J. , CHARLESSUGDEN, T. , F. , H. , R. , JAMESVELTEN, , , A. , J. H. SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF FORT PULASKI. BY Q. A. GILLMORE, MAJOR-GENERAL, U. 8. V, THE capture of the forts at Port Royal was promptly followed by theabandonment by the Confederates of the entire coast and all the coasttowns south of Charleston except Savannah, which was defended by FortPulaski, at the mouth of the Savannah River. This work is of brick, with five faces, casemated on all sides, and has awet ditch. The walls are seven and a half feet thick, and rise twenty-five feetabove high water, mounting one tier of guns in casemates and one en gorge face is covered by a demi-lune of good relief, arranged for onetier of guns en barbette. This also has a wet ditch. The fort is situated on Cockspur Island, a marshy formation, surrounded bybroad channels of deep water. The nearest approach to it on tolerably firmground is from
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