- Collection:
- Historic Postcard Collection (Georgia Archives)
- Title:
- Ft. Pulaski National Monument, Savannah Beach, Georgia
- Creator:
- Fort Pulaski National Monument (Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1900/1979
- Subject:
- Fortification--Georgia--Cockspur Island
Historic sites--Georgia--Cockspur Island
National monuments--Georgia--Cockspur Island
Fort Pulaski (Ga.)
Fort Pulaski National Monument (Ga.)
Cockspur Island (Ga.)--Aerial views
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 stands at the east end of Cockspur Island. The White lighthouse in the middle foreground was built in 1840 to mark the dangerous shoal nearby. In the background is Tybee Island where the Federal troops set up gun batteries to bombard the fort. Fort Screven and Tybee Lighthouse visible on Tybee Island, later replaced the Pulaski fortifications.
- Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/postcard/id/602
- 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:
-
