Guardian of Savannah
Subtitle: Fort McAllister, Georgia, in the Civil War and beyond
By: Roger S. Durham.
Series: Studies in maritime history
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781570037429
Subjects: Fortification -- Conservation and restoration -- Georgia -- Bryan County; Historic preservation -- Georgia -- Bryan County; Fort McAllister (Ga. : Fort) -- History; Savannah (Ga.) -- History -- Siege, 1864; Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A time of change; title: Baptism by fire; title: Sand and grit; title: The noise rolls like distant thunder; title: Tangled machinery and charred relics; title: A terrible storm of iron; title: Lessons lost and lessons learned; title: A post of honor; title: A time of reckoning; title: A perfect chaos; title: The victors and the vanquished; title: A final analysis; title: Appendix 1. An analysis of Fort McAllister's evolution; title: Appendix 2. An analysis of the Fort McAllister photographs taken by Samuel Cooley.