Fort Pulaski Stories

Highlighting the experiences of those who lived through the bombardment of Fort Pulaski on April 10 and 11, 1862.

The realities of being a Prisoner of War at Fort Pulaski.

Her memoir remains one of only a few reminiscences of life in the United States Colored Troops.

Almost immediately after the United States retook Fort Pulaski, the US Army began testing the controversial use of African Americans as soldiers.

After the Battle Fort Pulaski became a beacon of freedom for many escaping enslaved people.

During the Civil War soldiers at Fort Pulaski often played baseball to escape the boredom of garrison life.

One of the few WWII era buildings left on Cockspur Island.

Information about the historic quarantine station complex at Fort Pulaski National Monument.

Known as the Waving Girl of Savannah.