We
headed south to Savannah, and then went out to Fort Pulaski National
Monument. This fort was started in the early 19th century, but wasn't
fully manned until the State of Georgia seized it in the early days of
the Civil War. The Union then laid siege to it, and eventually forced
its commander to surrender it by bombarding it with new rifled cannons.
The fort itself was pretty cool, but the exhibits inside were sparse,
as well as the visitor center. We attended a Ranger talk in the fort,
and then watched the movie before turning in the Jr Ranger program and
heading onto Tybee Island for the night.
It was cloudy but warmer as we made our way off of Tybee Island and through the outskirts of Savannah. By the time we made our way south to Fort Frederica National Monument, it was lunch time, so we ate lunch and then went in and watched the movie and walked the site of the old fort. Frederica was a fortified town, established by the British in the early 18th century under James Oglethorpe to secure the area north of modern Jacksonville for the crown. The Spanish in nearby St Augustine did not appreciate this, and sent troops north to chase off the British, but were repelled. The town was largely abandoned in the later by midcentury, and then suffered a fire which left nothing but ruins.
However, the foundations and walls of some of the buildings remained, and archaeologists were able to determine the layout of the town. From there, we planned to visit the Cumberland Island National Seashore, but the visitor center had closed at 4 pm, so we continued on into Jacksonville for the night.
We
headed south to Savannah, and then went out to Fort Pulaski National
Monument. This fort was started in the early 19th century, but wasn't
fully manned until the State of Georgia seized it in the early days of
the Civil War. The Union then laid siege to it, and eventually forced
its commander to surrender it by bombarding it with new rifled cannons.
The fort itself was pretty cool, but the exhibits inside were sparse,
as well as the visitor center. We attended a Ranger talk in the fort,
and then watched the movie before turning in the Jr Ranger program and
heading onto Tybee Island for the night.
It was cloudy but warmer as we made our way off of Tybee Island and through the outskirts of Savannah. By the time we made our way south to Fort Frederica National Monument, it was lunch time, so we ate lunch and then went in and watched the movie and walked the site of the old fort. Frederica was a fortified town, established by the British in the early 18th century under James Oglethorpe to secure the area north of modern Jacksonville for the crown. The Spanish in nearby St Augustine did not appreciate this, and sent troops north to chase off the British, but were repelled. The town was largely abandoned in the later by midcentury, and then suffered a fire which left nothing but ruins. 
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