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GA -- Fort Pulaski Natl Monument:

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1. FTPUL_040508_003.JPG: The Demilune Surrounded on all sides by the moat, the demilune (literally "half-moon") protected the vulnerable fort entrance. This triangular area was modified in 1872 by the addition of earthen mounds which housed power magazines. During the Civil War, the demilune was flat and included gun platforms, kitchens, mess rooms, storage areas, and a guard house.
2. FTPUL_040508_102.JPG: A barracks. This one happens to be next to the draw bridge and the controls for it are in the wall in the middle of the shot.
3. FTPUL_040508_110.JPG: The corner shown here is where the wall caved in after the Union attack
4. FTPUL_040508_147.JPG: The logs would be used to keep cannon balls from hitting the walls and possibly getting into the ammunition.
5. FTPUL_040508_167.JPG: This room served as a prison room for Confederate prisoners during the Union occupation. During the night of February 25, 1865, seven prisoners, members of the "Immortal Six Hundred," emerged from the grate in the floor of Casemate 8. Night after night, they had gradually tunnelled through several underground walls to reach the store house. Slipping out the embrasure into a dense fog, they crossed the moat and fields only to be recaptured at the South Channel wharf. The only escape attempt from Fort Pulaski prison ended in failure.
6. FTPUL_040508_172.JPG: Margot Lebow @ Fort Pulaski
7. FTPUL_040508_187.JPG: This section of the fort's floor is left as is to show you how it's constructed. Underneath the fort is mostly dirt and sand. Pylons are sent through the surface but the fort largely rests on the wet sand. Masonry arches are made to make everything sturdier. Then a wooden floor is put along the bottom and that's the main floor of the fort.
8. FTPUL_040508_203.JPG: This is a spider web
9. FTPUL_040508_206.JPG: The pavement is made of a mix of seashells and concrete called "tabby"
10. FTPUL_040508_209.JPG: Notice the alligator in the moat
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Wikipedia Description: Fort Pulaski National Monument
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Fort Pulaski National Monument is located between Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. It preserves Fort Pulaski, notable as the place where, during the American Civil War, in 1862, the Union Army successfully tested a rifled cannon. The success of the test rendered brick fortifications obsolete. The fort was also used as a prisoner-of-war camp. The National Monument includes most of Cockspur Island (containing the fort) and all of adjacent McQueens Island.

Construction:

Following the War of 1812, President James Madison ordered a new system of coastal fortifications to protect the United States against foreign invasion. Construction of a fort to protect the port of Savannah began in 1829 under the direction of Major Gen. Babcock, and later Second Lieutenant Robert E. Lee, a recent graduate of West Point. The new fort would be located on Cockspur Island at the mouth of the Savannah River. In 1833, the new fort was named Fort Pulaski in honor of Kazimierz Pulaski, a Polish soldier and military commander who fought in the American Revolution under the command of George Washington. Pulaski was a noted cavalryman and played a large role in training Revolutionary troops. He took part in the sieges of Charleston and of Savannah. Wooden pilings sunk up to 70 feet into the mud to support an estimated 25,000,000 bricks. Fort Pulaski was finally completed in 1847 following 18 years of construction and nearly $1,000,000 in construction costs.

Civil War:

Though completed in 1847, Fort Pulaski was under the control of only two caretakers until 1860 when South Carolina seceded from the United States and set in motion the Civil War. It was at this time that Georgia governor Joseph E. Brown ordered Fort Pulaski to be taken by the state of Georgia. A steamship carrying 110 men from Savannah traveled downriver and the fort was signed over and now belonged to the state of Georgia. Following the secessi ...More...
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2004 photos: Equipment this year: I bought two Fujifilm S7000 digital cameras. While they produced excellent images, I found all of the retractable-lens Fuji models had a disturbing tendency to get dust inside the lens. Dark blurs would show up on the images and the camera had to be sent back to the shop in order to get it fixed. I returned one of the cameras when the blurs showed up in the first month. I found myself buying extended warranties on cameras. Trips this year: (1) Margot and I went off to Scotland for a few days, my first time overseas. (2) I went to Hawaii on business (such a deal!) and extended it, spending a week in Hawaii and another in California. (3) I went to Tennessee to man a booth and extended it to go to my third Fan Fair country music festival. Number of photos taken this year: 110,000.
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