Master Plan, Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: U. S. National Park Service
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365925828
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 66

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Excerpt from Master Plan, Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia For more than two centuries, Cockspur Island has had an unbroken history of use for defensive purposes, serving as the site of three forts. Beacons, lighthouses, and quarantine stations, dating back to the 18th century, have utilized sites on the island. It was a transshipment point for colonists and colonial cargoes, and during the Revolution it was briefly the capital of Georgia when the Royal Governor took refuge there with the Great Seal. Here in 1736, John Wesley, the founder of Methodism began his mission on American soil. Here also in 1829, Robert E. Lee began his remarkable military career. After the War of 1812, because of the great weakness of American coastal defenses, Congress authorized construction of Fort Pulaski to guard the trade and commerce of Savannah and the Savannah River. Completed in 1847, the Fort was considered impregnable. The massive walls insured protection from attack by sea and the salt marshes prevented attack or approach from land.a? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.