Siege of Fort Pulaski

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Union captain Quincy Gillmore of the Engineer Corps, in charge of preparing the siege on Fort Pulaski, ordered his engineers to construct a series of eleven artillery batteries along the north shore of Tybee Island.

Courtesy of Georgia Historical Society.

Siege of Fort Pulaski

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