SATURDAY, APRIL 6
Olaf (the kitten) somehow ended up sleeping with me. Went to Julie's Cat House, Pooler Paws, and did some cleanup work.
Then, Ed and I got away and headed to Richmond Hill, Georgia, which is south of Savannah.
Our aim today was to visit Confederate Fort McAllister which is now under the direction of the Georgia Sate Parks and has a good museum with a very informative short film about the fort. The fort itself is an earthen fort much like Fort Fisher but much smaller.
Fort McAllister is the southern-most of the forts that guarded Savannah during the war. It was attacked by Union ships seven different times during the war, with several of the attacks being from Union monitors. Every time there were minimal casualties and damage done to it.
The fort finally fell when General Sherman arrived culminating his famed March to the sea.
--RoadDog
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