. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . PULASKI—THE AXGLK WHERE THE FEDERALS COXCEXTRATED THEIR FIRE RIFLED CAXXOXVS BRICKS TheSI. two photo-graphs of Fort Pulaskiat Savannah, taken inApril, 1862, after thebombardment by theFederal batteries, showvery clearly how theConfederate Engineerslearned that the old-fashioned Ijrick wallwas of no use againstmodern guns. Tlietime had passed forbrick and stone for-tresses. Granite wasfound to be weakerthan sand. Any yield-ing substance whichwould slow down andfinally stop the greatprojectiles, and whichcould be shoveled backinto po

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . PULASKI—THE AXGLK WHERE THE FEDERALS COXCEXTRATED THEIR FIRE RIFLED CAXXOXVS BRICKS TheSI. two photo-graphs of Fort Pulaskiat Savannah, taken inApril, 1862, after thebombardment by theFederal batteries, showvery clearly how theConfederate Engineerslearned that the old-fashioned Ijrick wallwas of no use againstmodern guns. Tlietime had passed forbrick and stone for-tresses. Granite wasfound to be weakerthan sand. Any yield-ing substance whichwould slow down andfinally stop the greatprojectiles, and whichcould be shoveled backinto position, no mat-ter how much of it wasdisplaced by a shell,proved far superior toany rigid ruins of Fort Pu-hiski taught the Con-federates how to de-fend Fort Sumter—wliicli was evacuatedInit never fell. InGeneral Gilimores Re-

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