Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-19
anxnnnnh. Georrin.

This point possesses special interest just at
this time, and the following brief descrir-
tion of it will prove acceptable to the general
reader:
Savannah is the capital OF Chatham
County, Georgia, and had a population OF
% 292 in 1860. 1t is the center of very ex-
tensive system Of railroads connecting Ma
con with Savannah, l92 miles-the Waynes-
borough and Augusta, SO; the Milledgeville
ard Eaton, 80; the Southwestern, 80; the
Nuscogee, extending from Columbus TO the
South. western, II; the Macon and Western,
l0l; the Western and Atlantic, l40 the
Georgia, ITO; the Athens Branch Of the
Georgia, 40; the Washington Branch Of the
Georgia, II; the Rome Branch of the West
ern and Atlantic, 20 the Atlantic and La
grange, 80; the East Tennessee aud Georgia,
81 making the total length of these railroads
l,055 miles. 1t is ninety miles W. s. W. of
Charleston, is situated upon q sandy plain,
elevated about forty feet above low water
mark. 1t has fourteen Protestant and two
Catholic churches, one synagogue, FIVE banks
and public library.
The city is defended by Fort Wayne on the
east side, Fort Jackson, at give Fathom
Hole" and Fort Pulaski, on Cockspur Island,
fourteen miles below the city. The latter Is
the principal fortifcation, and is one of the
strongest and best constructed in the couu-
try. We give q sketch of the fort from the
Rochester Union and Advertiser:
THE work was commenced in 1881 by
Captain (now BFigsdier General) Mansfield
1t was finished few years ago at q cost of
$963,000. The fort is of pentsgonal form,
covering several acres. Its walls are forty
feet high, and present two falls on the sea
approach with ranges Of FIRE radiating at op-
posite angles, The fort is embrasured on the
front and channel side for one row Of guns,
under bomb. proof casemates, with an addi-
tiensl tier of guns open, or en- bdrbette. The
salient points and fsnking approaches on the
rear Of the work have no embrasures for
heavy cannon, but are thoroughly covered
by enfilading musketry loopholes, which
renders landing or escalading extremely
hazardous TO an enemy. The full armament
of the fort will consist on the lower tier OF
siEty five thirty. two Founders (ron pieces),
and the upper tier Of fifty three twenty four
Founders, four eighteen FOUNDER fisnking
howitzer, one thirtsen-inch mortar, twelve
eight-inch columbiads and seven ten-inch
mortars-in all one hundred and fifty guns
The columbiads are heavy and very destruct.
i've weapons Of long range, and adapted 10
the use Of spherical shot or shell. They are
capable of an elevation of eighteen degrees
and horizontal range of five degrees, de
pressed to thirty-six degrees elevation.
"The interior of the fort is we'll supplied
with massive furnaces for heating shot, off
GERS quarters, soldiers barracks, and an i'm
mense supply Of shot, powder and muskets
A wide ditch surrounds the work, which
when dry, can be used by sharp shooters, OF
could, if necessary, at the approach of al
enemy, be easily flooded. Beyond the ditct
is glacis, or inclined bank, which is emf
lsded by the guns from the lower or case
mate row of the fertilization. The full wa
garrison of the fort is eight hundred men
but one half that number could hold it sue
cessfully against very large force Vessel
of any considerable size, in beating up tn
channel to Savannah, are obliged to sp
prosch within seventy yards of the fort, an
at this point many guns of large caliber ca
be made to concentrate their fire. The torti
fication is pronouced by expext army eDgi
neers one of the strongest and most perfec
OF its kind on this continent. II covers
larger area than Fort Sumter, but has on
tier of guns less. Our naval forces hav
been enabled to get in between the fort an
the city by way of Warsaw Sound, which
south ofSavannsh River, and st. Augustin
Creek, which connects the Sound with th
river above the fort"