- Collection:
- Historic Postcard Collection (Georgia Archives)
- Title:
- Aerial View of Fort Pulaski National Monument, Savannah, Georgia
- Creator:
- Dixie News Company
- Date of Original:
- 1900/1979
- Subject:
- Historic sites--Georgia--Cockspur Island
Fortification--Georgia--Cockspur Island
Moats--Georgia--Cockspur Island
Military architecture--Georgia--Cockspur Island
Fort Pulaski National Monument (Ga.)
Fort Pulaski (Ga.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Cockspur Island, 32.02771, -80.89844
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Fort Pulaski, on Cockspur Island, 17 miles from Savannah, was named in honor of Count Casimir Pulaski, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Savannah in 1779. The fort, surrounded by a wide moat, is 1580 feet in circumference. The 7 to 11 feet thick solid brick walls are designed to mount two tiers of guns. The fort, stronghold of bygone days, is open to visitors.
- Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/431
- Additional Rights Information:
- Postcards published after 1923 may be covered by copyright. The Georgia Archives cannot provide permission to publish.
- Extent:
- Visual image
- Original Collection:
- Historic Postcard Collection, RG 48-2-5, Georgia Archives
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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