Battle of Fort Pulaski

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The Battle of Fort Pulaski was fought on April 10-April 11, 1862, between Union forces on Tybee Island and Confederate forces inside Fort Pulaski during the American Civil War. The Union besieged and captured the Confederate-held fort after only 30-hours of bombardment. The fort's southeast corner suffered greatly during the battle which led to the surrender of the fort after the powder magazine became exposed opposite the breach. Although damage was done to the fort's exterior, it was repaired within six-weeks by Union forces. One major impact of the battle was the performance of the new 30-Pounder Parrott Rifle. The rifled cannon fired significantly further with more accuracy than the smoothbores currently in use. The the new weapon made masonry fortifications obsolete. With the fall of Fort Pulaski, the port of Savannah was closed to Confederate traffic early in the war, yet the city remained in Confederate hands until the arrival of Sherman in December 1864.

Lower Seaboard Theater

Fort Sumter - Santa Rosa Island - Fort Pulaski - Forts Jackson and St. Philip – New Orleans – Secessionville – Simmon's Bluff – Tampa – Baton Rouge – 1st Donaldsonville - St. John's Bluff - Georgia Landing - 1st Fort McAllister - Fort Bisland – Irish Bend – Vermillion Bayou - 1st Charleston Harbor – 1st Fort Wagner – Grimball's Landing – 2nd Fort Wagner – 2nd Fort Sumter – 2nd Charleston Harbor - Plains Store – Port Hudson - LaFourche Crossing – 2nd Donaldsonville – Kock's Plantation – Stirling's Plantation - Fort Brooke - Gainesville - Olustee - Natural Bridge