Siege of Fort Pulaski

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The Siege of Fort Pulaski was a pivotal American Civil War battle in 1862 in which Union forces used rifled artillery to breach the fort’s masonry walls, demonstrating the obsolescence of traditional brick fortifications.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bombardment of Fort Pulaski ⓘ
artilleryRange Union rifled guns fired effectively from over one mile away ⓘ
associatedPlace Savannah River ⓘ
Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah

Tybee Island, Georgia ⓘ
attacker Union forces on Tybee Island ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
breach southeast wall of Fort Pulaski ⓘ
campaign Union coastal operations in Georgia and South Carolina ⓘ
casualties relatively light compared to other Civil War sieges ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
commander Charles H. Olmstead ⓘ
Quincy A. Gillmore ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date April 1862 ⓘ
defender Confederate garrison of Fort Pulaski ⓘ
effect Union blockade of Savannah became effective ⓘ
forced Confederate surrender of Fort Pulaski ⓘ
influenced abandonment of masonry coastal fort design worldwide ⓘ
endDate 1862-04-11 ⓘ
followedBy Union control of Savannah’s seaward approaches ⓘ
fortificationType Third System masonry coastal fort ⓘ
garrisonCommander Charles H. Olmstead ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked turning point in military engineering and coastal defense doctrine ⓘ
location Cockspur Island, Georgia ⓘ
Fort Pulaski ⓘ
notableFor demonstrating obsolescence of traditional brick fortifications ⓘ
first effective use of long-range rifled artillery against masonry forts in the American Civil War ⓘ
partOf American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Union occupation of Tybee Island ⓘ
reasonForSurrender breach threatened Fort Pulaski’s powder magazine ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1862-04-10 ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
strategicObjective close the port of Savannah to Confederate shipping ⓘ
surrenderedTo Union forces under Quincy A. Gillmore ⓘ
target masonry walls of Fort Pulaski ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
usedWeapon James rifles ⓘ
Parrott rifles ⓘ
rifled artillery ⓘ
smoothbore artillery ⓘ

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Fort Pulaski National Monument → significantEvent → Siege of Fort Pulaski ⓘ
Cockspur Island Lighthouse → survivedEvent → Union bombardment of Fort Pulaski ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Fort Pulaski
Siege of Fort Pulaski → alsoKnownAs → Bombardment of Fort Pulaski ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Fort Pulaski
Cockspur Island → historicalEvent → Union bombardment of Fort Pulaski (April 1862) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Fort Pulaski