Guardian of Savannah: Fort McAllister, Georgia, in the Civil War and Beyond

by Roger S. Durham

Book Overview

The remarkable story of how an earthen fort defense shielded a Southern city from the ironclad monitors of the U.S. Navy

Built out of sand and mud, Fort McAllister was designed to serve as the southern anchor of the coastal defenses of Savannah, Georgia. Hastily constructed near the beginning of the Civil War, the fort was situated on the Great Ogeechee River, twelve miles south of the Savannah River. During the war, Fort McAllister...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570037426
• ISBN13: 9781570037429
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.0"