Fort Pulaski

John Walker Guss

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781439650578
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Forts are a lasting tribute to the prominence of the US military, and Fort Pulaski stands among these magnificent fortresses. Overlooking the mouth of the Savannah River and the Atlantic Ocean, Fort Pulaski is named in honor of Gen. Casimir Pulaski, Revolutionary War hero and father of the US Cavalry, which endured some of the most damaging artillery combat in early American warfare. In addition to its unfortunate notoriety for serving as the first fort where a rifled cannon was successfully tested in combat against masonry forts, it played a part in other significant events, including a baseball game during the Civil War where one of the first photographs of the sport was taken with the newly invented camera. Ultimately, the fort was considered important enough to be preserved and designated a national monument.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. The Need for a Strong Defense
• 2. New Forts to Defend America
• 3. War Divides the Nation
• 4. They Cannot Breach Your Walls
• 5. The Test of Strength
• 6. Under the Stars & Stripes Once Again
• 7. Imprisonment of the Immortal 600
• 8. Preservation of a National Treasure
• Bibliography
• Index