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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artilleryRange | Union rifled guns fired effectively from over one mile away ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Savannah River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Savannah, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tybee Island, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attacker | Union forces on Tybee Island ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
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ⓘ
Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Charles H. Olmstead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quincy A. Gillmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | April 1862 ⓘ |
| defender | Confederate garrison of Fort Pulaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | marked turning point in military engineering and coastal defense doctrine ⓘ |
| location |
Cockspur Island, Georgia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fort Pulaski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedWeapon |
James rifles
ⓘ
Parrott rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ rifled artillery ⓘ smoothbore artillery ⓘ |
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