Guardian of Savannah
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 Riv...
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 Riv...
