United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018United States, Georgia, Chatham County, 31.97402, -81.09243United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Battery HamiltonUnited States, Georgia, Chatham County, Fort Pulaski National Monument, 32.03082, -80.93361Braley, Chad O2008Includes bibliographic referencesBattery Hamilton was identified in 2001 as part of a survey to identify cultural resources on the Bird/Long Island Wetland Mitigation Site (Savannah River). Battery Hamilton on Bird Island is a Civil War (Federal) gun emplacement about three miles upstream from Fort Pulaski; its role in the siege and capture of Fort Pulaski in April 1862 included preventing Confederate supply boats, gunboats, and reinforcements from descending the river. Study addresses stability of the site and degree to which structural remains have been preservedSponsored by: The Georgia Department of Transportation and The Federal Highway Administrationapplication/pdfeng[Atlanta, Ga.] Georgia Department of Transportation, 2008http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Excavations (Archaeology)--Georgia--Chatham CountyChatham County (Ga.)--AntiquitiesBattery Hamilton (Bird Island, Ga.)Fort Pulaski (Ga.)--Siege, 1862Archeological and historical investigations at Battery Hamilton (9CH953), Chatham County, Georgia / by Chad O. BraleyOccasional papers in cultural resource management ; no. 12Text