. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . THE ACTIONS WITH THE FORTS By Captain O. E. Hunt, U. S. A., and James Barnes THE reduction and final ca])ture of tlie Confederate strong-holds that guarded the important ports of entry of theConfederacy on the Atlantic coast and the Gulf were in everycase a cooperation hetween the navy and the army, and to hothbelong the honor of the successful outcome, which, singly andalone, neither branch of the service could have accomplished. The old brick and mortar fortress of
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . THE ACTIONS WITH THE FORTS By Captain O. E. Hunt, U. S. A., and James Barnes THE reduction and final ca])ture of tlie Confederate strong-holds that guarded the important ports of entry of theConfederacy on the Atlantic coast and the Gulf were in everycase a cooperation hetween the navy and the army, and to hothbelong the honor of the successful outcome, which, singly andalone, neither branch of the service could have accomplished. The old brick and mortar fortress of Pulaski guarded theentrance to the Savannah River. Late in 1861, almost entii-elythrough the use of the navy, the Federals had control of theAtlantic coast, and in the vicinity of Savannah their shi])s werepatrolling the waters of Ossabaw and \Vassa\v sounds, andtheir gunboats had penetrated up the Edisto River in the direc-tion of the city. But Pulaskis frowning ginis afforded shelterfor any blockade-runners that might succeed in eluding theblockading fleet. It was necessary to reduce this strong fort-ress before a stop
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