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	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Fort McAllister
		Fort McAllister was a Confederate earthwork fortification near the mouth of the Ogeechee River in Bryan County.
		Fort McAllister had ten large-caliber guns and facilities for the heating of "red-hot shot," cannonballs that, when striking their targets, could set wooden warships ablaze.
		For the remainder of the war, Fort McAllister served as a prison for Confederate soldiers captured on the upper Georgia coast.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-619 (788 words)

	Fort McAllister
		Under the command of Lt. Alfred Hartridge, a citizen of Savannah and graduate of the Georgia Military Institute in Marietta, the troops constructed the fort to the specifications of Capt. John McCrady [CS], who is generally credited with building the fort.
		The Confederates on the boat and in Fort McAllister understood that the only hope for the privateer was to unload her and refloat the boat, a task that was quickly begun.
		With the Montauk firing at the Nashville, Fort McAllister firing at the Montauk and the gunboats firing at Fort McAllister an unusual three-way battle developed.
	www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /wars/Civil_War/ftmcallister.html (2033 words)

	PHANTOM FELINE OF FORT MCALLISTER
		Its sister fort, Fort Pulaski, was a modern technological wonder constructed using modern engineering techniques and elaborate brick masonry while Fort McAllister was built using bricks made of sod and fill from the Ogeechee River bottom.
		The fort’s massive earthen walls interconnected, creating a “bomb proof” central spiral, which was used to safely house the post’s hospital, powder magazines and barracks for the Fort McAllister’s 230 defenders.
		In addition, to the fort’s traversing weapons platforms, Fort McAllister housed an impressive ten-inch mortar battery that was constructed away from the main defenses because when fired, its blast tended to shake the fort’s walls apart.
	www.militaryghosts.com /mcallister.html (1574 words)

	Fort McAllister, Georgia
		The damage to the fort from naval shells was quickly and easily repaired, establishing the superiority of earthen, rather than brick fortifications in withstanding stiff bombardment.
		Despite Fort McAllister's repeated firing on the Montauk, answered by the Union gunboats' steady bombardment of the fort, the Fort McAllister batteries remained intact.
		Fort McAllister continued to guard the Ogeechee until late 1864 when General William T. Sherman's 60,000-man army began to close on Savannah.
	www.der-adler.com /lasttrip/2003-08-11/2003-08-11.htm (1381 words)

	They've gone Yankee \| SavannahNow.com
		Fort McAllister Historic Site manager Danny Brown said the idea behind Sherman's neckties was to destroy a crucial means of transportation.
		Fort McAllister, never constructed to withstand a land attack, fell to Sherman's forces in 15 minutes in the attack in 1864.
		Fort McAllister park ranger Talley Kirkland said Nov. 15, 1864, was the day Gen.
	www.savannahnow.com /node/180537 (648 words)

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		There a fort was erected on the "Northeast angle of the town, (Figures 2 and 10) two hundred feet square." Another fort at the northwest angle was built and paid for personally by Governor Henry Ellis costing £400 and was 120 feet square.
		Savannah Proper and the Evolution of Fort Wayne One might speculate that Savannah is the most Southern city of Southern cities, In many of her early maps and renditions, even before the Civil War, north is at the bottom and south at the top.
		The fall of the fort insured a secure blockade of Savannah by the Union Navy.21 The southern and strategically important anchor of the defense network for Savannah was Fort McAllister.
	www.sip.armstrong.edu /Forts/FORTMANU.TXT (5962 words)

	Ft. McAllister
		Fort McAllister was attacked 6 times by Union ironclads, gunboats and mortars, each time repelling the enemy.
		I think that the brave and heroic garrison of Fort McAllister have, after a most severe and trying fight, demonstrated to the world that victory does not as a matter of course always perch itself on the flag by stout and gallant hearts.
		Fort McAllister never surrendered but was overrun by the sheer number of bluecoats storming the fort.
	ernieiler.tripod.com /history/ft_mcallister.html (3245 words)

	Fall of Ft. McAllister Reenactment Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fort McAllister was a Confederate earthwork fortification near the mouth of the Ogeechee River.
		During 1862 and 1863, Fort McAllister repelled seven Union naval attacks by elements of the blockading forces offshore and in nearby Ossabaw Sound.
		Fort McAllister was taken, and the good news was instantly sent by the signal-officer to our navy friends on the approaching gunboat.
	www.instydigipics.com /civil_war_reenactment_photos/ftmc/ftmcfront.html (1267 words)

	A Visit To Fort McAllister
		The fort did not fall to the Union forces until December 1864, when it was taken by Sherman's Army in a land assault, during his famous (infamous?) march through Georgia.
		Fort McAllister was built on land owned by Joseph Longworth McAllister (A04-2-4-2-5), a son of George Washington and Mary Bowman McAllister.
		Joseph Longworth McAllister was killed on June 11, 1864, while serving as the colonel of his Confederate cavalry regiment at the Battle of Trevilian's Station, near Louisa Court House, Virginia.
	www.clanmcalister.org /cma-fort-visit.html (1359 words)

	Fort McAllister State Park, Richmond Hill, Georgia
		The fort was donated to the state, which opened Fort McAllister State Park in 1963.
		At the center of the fort is a bombproof, a sand and mud covered living quarters for the troops.
		In addition to the museum, fort, and the hike involved in visiting the fort, there is a 3.1 mile trail through a typical low-land marsh.
	roadsidegeorgia.com /site/ftmcallister.html (1083 words)

	Traditional Trails (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fort McAllister, a cannon-studded pile of dirt populated by a mere 230 Confederates stood in their way.
		Once the Union troops were in position to the south of the fort, it only took about 15 minutes for them to push across a minefield, breach the walls and overwhelm the few defenders.
		Today Fort McAllister is a Georgia state park and stands as a restored replica of the original earthen structure.
	www.americanroads.net /FortMcallester.htm (955 words)

	Essay
		There a fort was erected on the "Northeast angle of the town, two hundred feet square." Another fort at the northwest angle was built and paid for personally by Governor Henry Ellis costing £400 and was 120 feet square.
		Fort Prevost, on the east end of the bluff next to the river, continues the walled protection around city of Savannah proper and appears on the site during the 1779 siege by, and defeat of, American and French armies by the British.
		Fort Pulaski was built on Cockspur Island between 1829 and 1845.
	www.sip.armstrong.edu /Forts/Essay.html (6072 words)

	Fort McAllister
		Fort McAllister Historic State Park is owned by the state of Georgia and operated by the Department of Natural Resources, Parks and Historic Sites Division.
		Despite Fort McAllister's repeated shelling of the Montauk, accompanied by the Union gunboats' steady bombardment of the fort, the Fort McAllister batteries remained intact.
		"Assault on Ft. McAllister" is a diorama of the fort highlighting the dry moat and palisades upon attack by Union troops from the rear.
	fortmcallister.org /content/georgia/parks/fortmcallister/edu/edu.htm (3876 words)

	Ranger Camp at Fort McAllister is fun for everyone \| SavannahNow.com
		Squeals of delight and laughter filled the fort as children worked to keep their flag from being captured.
		Camp Director Kim Cushman, who is studying to become a state parks manager, planned the fun, making use of the cultural, historical and natural resources offered at Fort McAllister.
		A scavenger hunt and bead-making as the Muscogee Indians had done here were used to teach the campers something of the history of the area.
	www.savannahnow.com /node/102558 (378 words)

	Sherpa Guides \| Georgia \| Coast \| Savannah \| Bryan County
		Fort McAllister survived seven Federal naval attacks, including bombardment from an ironclad that fired the largest shells yet fired by a naval vessel at a shore work in the Civil War.
		Fort McAllister was to fall, however, to Union Gen. William T. Sherman's men, who attacked the fort from the mainland on December 13, 1864.
		Near the fort is an extensive picnicking area sheltered under giant oak, pine, palm, and bay trees with a refreshing view of the Ogeechee River and coastal marshlands.
	www.sherpaguides.com /georgia/coast/northern_coast/bryan_county.html (8330 words)

	Sherman4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Fort was designed to use the land as a basic defense and the garrison was there to add firepower.
		One source states that Fort McAllister was the first place that has been recorded as using primitive trip mines (Nevin, page 152).
		There were all types of obstacles for the Union Army at McAllister, but in the end Sherman took the fort and leveled it to the ground.
	filebox.vt.edu /users/mijamiso/sherman4.htm (333 words)

	Washington Forts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This fort was the headquarters for the Puget Sound Defenses in WWI and WWII.
		Fort Ward was closed in 1958, and became a state park in 1960.
		The fort was rebuilt in 1843 by the Puget Sound Agricultural Company (an HBC subsidiary), at a new location about two miles northeast of the original spot.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/wa.html (1909 words)

	Fort Tyler - The Battle of West Point: Civil War Timeline
		Fort Monroe was the starting point for McClellan's Peninsular Campaign in 1862 and for Butler's advance to Petersburg in 1864.
		The sequence of photographs starts with the forts on the Virginia shore (in alphabetical order, since hardly anyone today would be familiar with their locations, mostly long since submerged by city or suburbs), follows with defenses north of the Potomac (in the same order), and ends with a number of garrisons or local military units.
		Fort Tyler, named after the Confederate General commanding the fort, sustained a day-long assault before succumbing to the Union forces.
	www.forttyler.com /timeline.htm (3842 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Jordan Edgar McAllister, rancher, was born on a farm near Martinsville, Indiana, on March 17, 1846.
		McAllister thus saw action in the battle of the Rosebud and accompanied Crook's command to the Black Hills.
		Since 1884 McAllister and a partner, Kim Ritter, had grazed their own cattle on grass around Red Rio Springs, adjacent to the LS range near the site of present Endee, New Mexico.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/MM/fmcbw.html (839 words)

	Fort Pulaski, Georgia - Southpoint.com
		The area around Savannah includes two other forts (Fort Jackson and Fort McAllister) which were used to protect the city from all angles of attack.
		Fort Jackson is the oldest remaining fort in Georgia.
		In April of 1862, Union troops commenced to shooting at the fort from Tybee Island using new long-range rifle cannons and penetrated the thick fort walls within 30 hours, causing the Confederates to surrender.
	www.southpoint.com /states/ga/fortpulaski.htm (330 words)

	7th Regiment - History
		The efforts of the Fort McAllister Garrison and the Hardwick Mounted Rifles resulted in a victory for the Confederacy and much respect earned for both the Garrison and the Hardwick Mounted Rifles.
		Joseph McAllister was a wealthy and well-respected rice planter.
		McAllister’s boots and hat were taken and his stars and the buttons on his coat were cut from his uniform.
	home.alltel.net /frdaniel/heritage/7thhistory.htm (2450 words)

	Fort McAllister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is a view of the "Hot Shot" oven where cannon balls were heated and an entrance to a bomb proof on the right.
		This is inside a bomb proof where the men stationed at Ft. McAllister slept.
		According to this marker, the Monitor Montauk, that fired on the fort, lay at this position about 900 to 1200 yards out.
	members.tripod.com /k_thurman/fort_mcallister.htm (72 words)

	Georgia Forts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A colonial fort protecting a settlement of German families newly established in the province (1738).
		Three 600-foot polygonal forts, with three detached bastions, armed with 25 guns and a garrison of 150 men, were planned for the protection of this town on the "Elbow of the Great Ogeechee".
		It was an earthen fort with a three-story cypress blockhouse.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/ga.html (1152 words)

	USN Ships--USS Patapsco (1863-1865)
		Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, she took part in a bombardment of Fort McAllister, on Georgia's Ogeechee River, on 3 March.
		Fort Sumter was reduced to a pile of rubble, but remained a formidible opponent.
		In the left foreground, firing on the fort, are the mortar schooners C.P. Williams, Norfolk Packet and Para.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/patpsco4.htm (688 words)

	Georgia State Parks - Fort McAllister Historic Park
		Located on the bank of the Great Ogeechee River south of Savannah, this park is the home of the best preserved earthwork fortification of the Confederacy.
		Tour Fort McAllister by candle light and witness skits put on by Civil War soldiers as they carry out their nightly duties.
		Enjoy a day of fort activities leading up the the 15-minute battle that captured Fort McAllister.
	www.gastateparks.org /info/ftmcallister (320 words)

	Fort McAllister - Ghost Town
		This fort, built in 1861, is important as the end of Sherman's destructive march and infamous "March to the Sea" during the Civil War.
		The fort resisted a bombardment from iron clad Union ships until Sherman's arrival in 1864.
		The approach to the fort with ditch and pikes.
	www.ghosttowns.com /states/ga/fortmcallister.html (82 words)

	TUG BOAT SIGNALS
		His attention being attracted by the firing of General Hazen's command in its assault upon the fort, he discovered a signal flag upon the old rice mill, about three miles distant from the position he occupied.
		Thomas, Hepburn, and Dumont, was conveyed in a tug boat to a point where the effect of the firing could be observed and immediately reported, by flag, to the battery officers.
		This was the first permanent line of communication by flag and torch that was established in the War of the Rebellion.
	scard.buffnet.net /tugbaltimore/tug.html (598 words)

	Georgic Archaeology Event Sequence timeline
		Ruins of the town and fort are interpreted
		During the Civil War this Confederate fort was attacked by Union gunboats coming up the Ogeechee River.
		Archaeology preceded the reconstruction and interpretation of the fort.
	www.thesga.org /publicsites.htm (759 words)

	Today in History: March 11
		Much of the arsenal's machinery was manufactured at Harper's Ferry prior to the war.
		This photograph of Sherman's troops removing ammunition in wheelbarrows from Fort McAllister in December 1864 is part of a series documenting Sherman's March to the Sea in Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865.
		The photos in this series show the dismantling of the fort prior to Sherman's movement further north.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/mar11.html (544 words)

	Sherpa Guides \| Georgia \| Civil War \| Richmond Hill Area
		In sharp contrast to the strategic failure of the brick Fort Pulaski is the success of Fort McAllister, a Confederate earthwork fort on the bank of the Ogeechee River, which survived every attack from the sea.
		Fort Mc-Allister was to fall, however, to Gen. W.T. Sherman's men, who stormed the fort from the mainland on Dec. 13, 1864.
		The fort's big guns were trained on the river, and it was garrisoned by little more than 200 men.
	www.sherpaguides.com /georgia/civil_war/coastal/richmond_hill_area.html (2153 words)

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