Guardian of Savannah : Fort McAllister, Georgia, in the Civil War and beyond

Guardian of Savannah : Fort McAllister, Georgia, in the Civil War and beyond /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Durham, Roger S.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©2008.
Series:	Studies in maritime history.
Subjects:	Fortification > Conservation and restoration > Georgia > Bryan County. Historic preservation > Georgia > Bryan County. Fort McAllister (Ga. : Fort) > History. Savannah (Ga.) > History > Siege, 1864. Georgia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.

Table of Contents:

A time of change
Baptism by fire
Sand and grit
The noise rolls like distant thunder
Tangled machinery and charred relics
A terrible storm of iron
Lessons lost and lessons learned
A post of honor
A time of reckoning
A perfect chaos
The victors and the vanquished
A final analysis
Appendix 1. An analysis of Fort McAllister's evolution
Appendix 2. An analysis of the Fort McAllister photographs taken by Samuel Cooley.