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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A6M_southwest-magazine_Tybee-Island-GA.html
Used as a shell magazine during the Confederate occupation, the Federals saw fit to use it as "dark confinement" for Confederate Officers held prisoner during the Winter, 1864-65.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A69_the-parade_Tybee-Island-GA.html
The Confederates used earth and a "blindage" of timbers as protection against shot and shells falling within the fort. To reduce casualties from flying debris, the "light colonnade" or veranda roof along the gorge was removed.
Three months afte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A68_hot-shot-furnace_Tybee-Island-GA.html
Only the foundation remains of one of the fort's furnaces which heated cannon balls. Used against wooden ships, the red-hot projectiles could start a disastrous fire - even after skipping on the water several times.
Loading a cannon with hot sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A67_the-breached-wall_Tybee-Island-GA.html
The southeast angle of Fort Pulaski was breached by early afternoon on April 11, 1862. With devastating accuracy, Union rifled artillery accomplished this task in only 30 hours. It would take over 1,000 Federal troops six weeks to repair the battl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A66_the-demilune_Tybee-Island-GA.html
Surrounded on all sides by the moat, the demilune (literally "half-moon") protected the vulnerable fort entrance. This triangular area was modified in 1872 by the addition of earthen mounds which housed powder magazines. During the Civil War, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17A7_a-changing-landscape_Tybee-Island-GA.html
How old is this forest? Prior to the early 1800's Cockspur Island was primarily a grassy salt marsh interspersed with a few, small, forested hammocks. But things were about to change. In 1829 the army began installing drainage canals and a dike sy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVRR_cockspur-island-lighthouse_Tybee-Island-GA.html
Designed and built in 1848 by renowned architect, John Norris to mark the entrance to the South Channel of the Savannah River, the Cockspur Island Lighthouse was destroyed by a hurricane in 1854. A larger replacement was built on the same foundati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTRJ_tybee-island_Tybee-Island-GA.html
Tybee Island was named by the Indians who came from the interior to hunt and fish. Settled since the beginning of the colony of Georgia, it was the scene in 1775 of the first capture by the first Provincial vessel commissioned by any Congress in A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKDQ_long-range-artillery-duel_Tybee-Island-GA.html
This recreated gun battery marks the center of the Union lines. Between February and April 1862, eleven gun batteries were erected on Tybee Island. A battery was not located on this site, but the cannon on the left is an original from the battle.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCY6_cockspur-island-lighthouse_Tybee-Island-GA.html
The Cockspur Island Lighthouse, located in front of you was built in 1856. Six years later it was a silent witness to the Battle of Fort Pulaski. On April 10-11, 1862, the lighthouse was located midway between Union forces here on Tybee Island and…