Guardian of Savannah - Fort Mcallister, Georgia, in the Civil War and Beyond

Informationen zum Autor Roger S. Durham is the director of the U.S. Army Heritage Museum in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Durham is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and Georgia Southern University. His other books include High Seas and Yankee Gunboats: A Blockade-Running Adventure from the Diary of James Dickson and Fort McAllister. Klappentext Durham's harrowing account of life and combat at Fort McAllister, and of the subsequent restoration, is augmented by twelve maps and sixty photographs--including rare images of Sherman's troops at the end of the March to the Sea and of early preservation initiatives. Zusammenfassung The southern anchor in the coastal defenses of Savannah! Georgia! Fort McAllister was constructed of sand and mud in April 1863 on the Great Ogeechee River. This book offers an account of how the fort withstood not only devastating naval assaults but also the effects of time.

Product details

• Authors: Roger S Durham, Roger S. Durham
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2008
• EAN: 9781570037429
• ISBN: 978-1-57003-742-9
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Studies in Maritime History; Studies in Maritime History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous