Beautiful Savanah, Georgia: a City of Parks
Ft. Pulaski is on Cockspur Island, East of the historic downtown Savannah. It was built by orders of President Madison as the primary defense for the Savannah River, Ft. Pulaski (named after the Polish hero of the revolutionary War, who lost his life at the Battle of Savannah), was considered state of the art for military defenses. Seven and half foot masonry walls were able to withstand anything the enemy could throw at that time. Before the US Government could occupy the fort, Georgian militia moved in and then handed the fort over to the Confederacy after Georgia seceded six months later. The union had a new invention, the rifle canon. It took only thirty hours to breach the walls using this new form of artillery. Canon balls are still imbedded in the walls. The cannon balls breached the walls. The next volley would have hit the powder magazine. The
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