The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Friday, March 11, 2022

McHenry County Civil War Round Table (MCCWRT): Forts Discussion

Robert Anderson raised the same flag he lowered in surrender that flew over Fort Sumter on April 14, 1865.

FORT McALLISTER on the Ogeechee River in Georgia.  Built to prevent Union troops from landing on dry land and marching to Savannah.

An earthen fort which was attacked by ironclads several times but no damage to the earthen walls and none to the ironclads.

The Confederate privateer Rattlesnake, formerly CSS Nashville (commerce raider),  ran aground in the Ogeechee River on 5 November 1862 and was destroyed by the monitor USS Montauk.

The discussion topic for the April 23 discussion group will be artillery.

That is, of I can afford the gas to drive there.

--Old Secesh


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