Ft. Pulaski, Tybee Island, Ga

Fort Pulaski National Monument is located on the outskirts of Tybee Island at the mouth of the Savannah River. Ft. Pulaski was completed 18 years and 22 million bricks after it was begun in 1829.

The fort is shaped like an irregular pentagon and surrounded by a moat crossed by drawbridges. It was one of many coastal forts built to protect the U.S. from foreign invasion.

The 1862 battle was the first use of rifled cannons.

In 1862 Union forces bombarded the fort for 30 hours before forcing the confederates to surrender. It signaled the end of masonry forts and demonstrated the improved power, range and accuracy of rifled cannons.

We watched a movie about the fort and then went to tour while waiting for someone to fire a musket. We toured the whole fort and he was still talking when we left, but we were getting hungry.

We had not been here long when I realized I had visited this fort once before with my rv'ing group.

We planned to return and ride the bicycle trails but they had run out of trail maps so perhaps not.