Fort Pulaski
Savannah, Georgia
April 11, 1862
As part of the Union’s Anaconda Plan to defeat the South, Fort Pulaski was attacked on April 11th, 1862. The fort with its 7-1/2-foot solid brick walls, most of which were made in Savannah, was thought impregnable to the Union’s cannons. However the Union Army used the attack on Ft. Pulaski as a test of their newly developed rifled cannon, which could fire their shot with greater accuracy and a higher rate of speed than the older cannons. After just thirty hours of bombardment from positions on Tybee Island, the Confederates surrendered the fort and the use of brick fortifications was made obsolete. With the capture of the fort, the Union army was able to blockade the most important sea port in Georgia. For the remainder of the conflict, the fort was used to house Confederate prisoners of war. For a tour of the fort follow the following link:
http://www.quantumtour.com/entity/pulaski/
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