- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Joseph K. Mansfield
- Date of Original:
- 1860/1865
- Subject:
- United States. Army--Officers
Military uniforms
Supervisors--Georgia--Chatham County
Men--Georgia--Chatham County
Mansfield, Joseph K. F. (Joseph King Fenno), 1803-1862 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, 31.97402, -81.09243
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In 1831 Lieutenant Joseph K. Mansfield took charge of Fort Pulaski's construction and oversaw the project for the next fourteen years.
Image of Lieutenant Joseph K. Mansfield. He is depicted wearing his military uniform. He looks left. In 1831 Mansfield took charge of Fort Pulaski's construction and oversaw the project for the next fourteen years. Fort Pulaski was constructed in the 1830s and 1840s on Georgia's Cockspur Island at the mouth of the Savannah River. Built to protect the city of Savannah from naval attack, the fort came under Union forces in early 1862 and was ultimately captured on April 11. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/fort-pulaski/m-774/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
National Archives and Records Administration - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/fort-pulaski
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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