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English: Title: The bombardment of Fort Pulaski-Second day, Friday, April 11th, 1862. (cropped)

"Fort Pulaski Under Fire", April 1862, Frank Leslie's Weekly Magazine

View of Union bombardment from the North Channel of the Savannah River, northeast of the fort. Southeast corner has brick and mortar blasted into the air by conical high explosive shells from five Parrott Rifle cannon in Battery Sigel, Tybee Island, Georgia.
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Source http://www.nps.gov/fopu/parknews/149th-anniversary-of-the-battle-for-fort-pulaski.htm
Author Leslie's Weekly Magazine, "Fort Pulaski Under Fire", April 1862


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The bombardment of Fort Pulaski-Second day, Friday, April 11th, 1862

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