- Collection:
- Image Collection
- Title:
- Fort Tyler
- Creator:
- Greene, Katherine Hyde
- Publisher:
- LaGrange, Ga. : Troup County Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1963
- Subject:
- Troup County (Ga.)
Photograph collections--Georgia--Troup County
LaGrange (Ga.)--Social life and customs - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Troup County, West Point, 32.87791, -85.18327
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- On April 16, 1865, Union troops attacked the earthen fort in West Point, Georgia. Lee had surrendered to Grant seven days earlier. Fort Tyler was the last Confederate fort captured by the Union, giving it the distinction, "Last Fort to Fall."
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17413.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/imagecoll/id/18380
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. This image may be used in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to its use. No permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, permission must be granted by the Troup County Archives.
- Holding Institution:
- Troup County Archives
- Rights:
-
