The Reduction of Fort Pulaski

This island became the "platform" on which

the Union Army mounted 36 pieces of heavy

artillery in early 1862. The bombardment that

began on April 10 led to the surrender of

Fort Pulaski 30 hours later. The placement of

these batteries can be found on the map above.

No eye except an eye-witness can form any

but a faint conception of the Herculean labor

by which mortars of eight and one half tons

and columbiads...were moved in the dead of

night, over a narrow causeway, bordered by

swamps on either side, and liable at any

moment to be over turned and buried in mud

beyond reach."

"Two hundred and fifty men were barely

sufficient to move a single piece, on sling

carts. They were not allowed to speak above

a whisper, and were guided by the notes of

a whistle."

Marker is on Battery Park/Catalina Drive near US 80/ Ga 26, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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