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Guardian of Savannah : Fort McAllister, Georgia, in the Civil War and beyond / Roger S. Durham.

Van Pelt Library E477.41 .D87 2008
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Durham, Roger S.
Series:
Studies in maritime history
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Historic preservation.
Fortification--Conservation and restoration.
Fortification.
Fort McAllister (Ga. : Fort)--History.
Fort McAllister (Ga. : Fort).
Savannah (Ga.)--History--Siege, 1864.
Savannah (Ga.).
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Georgia.
History.
Fortification--Conservation and restoration--Georgia--Bryan County.
Historic preservation--Georgia--Bryan County.
Georgia--Bryan County.
Physical Description:
xviii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2008]
Contents:
A time of change
Baptism by fire
Sand and grit
The noise rolls like distant thunder
Tangled machinery and charred relics
A terrible storm of iron
Lessons lost and lessons learned
A post of honor
A time of reckoning
A perfect chaos
The victors and the vanquished
A final analysis
Appendix 1. An analysis of Fort McAllister's evolution
Appendix 2. An analysis of the Fort McAllister photographs taken by Samuel Cooley.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-273) and index.
ISBN:
9781570037429
1570037426
OCLC:
185031349

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