Photo: Related names: Pulaski, Casimir; Bernard, Simon; Gilmore, Quincy A; Olmstead, Charles H; Forty-eighth (48th) New York Infantry; Lent, L H; Hilliard, S V, R; Far · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Star fort · Cockspur Island, Georgia, United States
Fort PulaskiSuspected
- Dated
- Dated 1829–47
- Declared purpose
- Coastal fort
- Today
- Survives, national monument
- Build time
- About 18 years
- Region
- United States
- Architect of record
- Simon Bernard, engineer: about 50 when credited (1829, born 1779). Build time on record: about 18 years.All architects of record →
- On the list as
- Suspected
Why it's on the list
About 25 million bricks on a marsh island; its walls were breached in 1862 by rifled cannon.
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
A brick coastal fort on a marsh island, with walls about 7.5 feet thick, built with about 25 million bricks.
Why researchers flag it
About 25 million bricks on a marsh island; its walls were breached in 1862 by rifled cannon.
25 million bricks
The record gives about 25 million bricks on a marsh island.
Breached
Rifled cannon breached it in 1862.
A young Lee
Robert E. Lee worked here as a young engineer.
Architect of record
Simon Bernard (born 1779) was about 50 when credited with the design in 1829. The Architects of Record page asks how often a young or little-known name delivers a landmark.
Questions worth asking
- How were 25 million bricks laid on a marsh?
Possible original uses
- Fort
What the photos show
DUPLICATE OF THE HISTORIC VIEW TO THE BATTERY HAMBRIGHT - Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA HABS GA,26-SAV.V,2-131Documentation compiled a · Public domain
DUPLICATE OF THE HISTORIC VIEW "SOUTHWEST CORNER, FORT PULASKI," WITH DEMILUNE - Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA HABS GA,26-SAV.V,2-106Documentation compiled a · Public domain
DUPLICATE OF THE HISTORIC VIEW FROM THE RAMPARTS - Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA HABS GA,26-SAV.V,2-108Documentation compiled a · Public domain
Fort Pulaski Upper Levels2018-07-25 12:28:14 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.
