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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Durham, Roger S.
Imprint:	Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2008.
Description:	xviii, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in maritime history
Subject:	American Civil War (1861-1865) Siege of Savannah (Georgia : 1864) Fortification -- Conservation and restoration -- Georgia -- Bryan County. Historic preservation -- Georgia -- Bryan County. Fortification -- Conservation and restoration. Historic preservation. Fort McAllister (Ga. : Fort) -- History. Savannah (Ga.) -- History -- Siege, 1864. Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Georgia. Georgia -- Bryan County. Georgia -- Fort McAllister (Fort) Georgia -- Savannah. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7302713

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ISBN:	9781570037429 (cloth : alk. paper) 1570037426 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-273) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. A Time of Change
2. Baptism by Fire
3. Sand and Grit
4. The Noise Rolls Like Distant Thunder
5. Tangled Machinery and Charred Relics
6. A Terrible Storm of Iron
7. Lessons Lost and Lessons Learned
8. A Post of Honor
9. A Time of Reckoning
10. A Perfect Chaos
11. The Victors and the Vanquished
12. A Final Analysis
Appendix 1. An Analysis of Fort McAllister's Evolution
Appendix 2. An Analysis of the Fort McAllister Photographs Taken
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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