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Fort Pulaski , brick fortification on Cockspur Island, SE Ga., at the mouth of the Savannah River; built 1829-47 by the U.S. government and named for Casimir Pulaski . The fort was seized by Georgia troops during the Civil War in Jan., 1861, but fell to a Union force under Q. A. Gillmore on Apr. 11, 1862, after a two-day bombardment in which the Federals used rifled cannon for the first time in the war; the battle proved the superiority of rifled cannon over masonry forts. Fort Pulaski National Monument was established in 1924 (see National Parks and Monuments , table).

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Fort Pulaski a fort near the mouth of the Savannah River, on Cockspur Island, Georgia. Constructed from 1829 to 1847, the fort was seized by Confederate troops in January 1861, but was retaken in April 1862 by Union forces. Rifled cannon were used for the first time in the Civil War at that battle; they proved more than able to defeat masonry forts.

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