Never visited Fort Pulaski , but would love to see this historic structure and the damage from the bombardment. Well done video and a cool looking historical site.
An oldie but a goodie! How did I miss this one? I was researching for my upcoming trip and saw this and was like, "dang Project past has been here already!" haha
Hahaha I appreciate that. My earlier videos are rough so I appreciate you watching. It’s such a neat place. You have to visit. And old fort Jackson just outside of Savannah
Fort Pulaski was the first fort to be breached by rifled artillery in war. But the foundation was laid in 1860 in Prussia, when the decommissioned citadel of the fortress of Juliers (Jülich) was breached and demolished during a siege exercise. The prussians used the newly developed breech loading rifled cannons which were adopted as the C61 cannons afterwards. Brig. Gen. Gillmore explicitly referred to the prussian report on Juliers in his own on fort Pulaski. With smoothbore and solid round shot artillery it was necessary to locate the breaching batteries at a 100 to 200 Yard distance from the wall to have the desired effect. Under these conditions, fort Pulaski was considered unpenetrable. The siege and reduction of Fort Pulaski marks the beginning of the end of fortresses. The rifled artillery rendered masonry forts above ground level useless and brought a radical change in the fortification architecture. Concrete structures which did not rise above ground level came next, until ever stronger artillery and later air bombardement rendered the centuries old, tried and proven concept of fortresses useless, all in the span of another eighty years.
New subscriber. Loved the video. The small cannon you couldn't identify is called a cannonade. It could fire a heavy load but only for a short distance. That's the reason is was protecting the main entrance, i.e. an anti infantry weapon.
Had the chance to visit Fort Pulaski last weekend with my wife, we had lots of fun! Great history there. Really enjoyed your video, great job! By chance did you visit the John Wesley memorial while you were there? I did and it was cool to be at the spot where such a well known preacher first stepped foot on American soil.
Thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed the video. It was an amazing visit and really enjoyed this area. I did not unfortunately. But it sounds super interesting
Never visited Fort Pulaski , but would love to see this historic structure and the damage from the bombardment. Well done video and a cool looking historical site.
Talk about Guns, Guns, Guns. I need to add that to my list of places to visit
An oldie but a goodie! How did I miss this one? I was researching for my upcoming trip and saw this and was like, "dang Project past has been here already!" haha
Hahaha I appreciate that. My earlier videos are rough so I appreciate you watching. It’s such a neat place. You have to visit. And old fort Jackson just outside of Savannah
@@ProjectPast1565 Did you go to the island where the federals were firing from? Is there anything there?
@@Rebelmediainc I did not. But it may be worth a Quick Look just to see the distance
Great video. We history buffs appreciate it.
Thanks for watching!
Fort Pulaski was the first fort to be breached by rifled artillery in war. But the foundation was laid in 1860 in Prussia, when the decommissioned citadel of the fortress of Juliers (Jülich) was breached and demolished during a siege exercise. The prussians used the newly developed breech loading rifled cannons which were adopted as the C61 cannons afterwards. Brig. Gen. Gillmore explicitly referred to the prussian report on Juliers in his own on fort Pulaski. With smoothbore and solid round shot artillery it was necessary to locate the breaching batteries at a 100 to 200 Yard distance from the wall to have the desired effect. Under these conditions, fort Pulaski was considered unpenetrable. The siege and reduction of Fort Pulaski marks the beginning of the end of fortresses. The rifled artillery rendered masonry forts above ground level useless and brought a radical change in the fortification architecture. Concrete structures which did not rise above ground level came next, until ever stronger artillery and later air bombardement rendered the centuries old, tried and proven concept of fortresses useless, all in the span of another eighty years.
Excuse the errors, I am forcing a german language autocorrect to accept english.
@@romar1581 I appreciate you watching and for sharing your knowledge!
Underrated channel
Appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching 🤙
New subscriber. Loved the video. The small cannon you couldn't identify is called a cannonade. It could fire a heavy load but only for a short distance. That's the reason is was protecting the main entrance, i.e. an anti infantry weapon.
Thanks for subscribing and I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the info as well! I learn something new almost daily.
I'm going there at September thanks for the tour
Hope it helped and didn’t confuse you 😂. Have a blast.
As an engineer Robert E Lee helped build Ft Pulaski years before the war
Great video!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
enjoyed your adventure to the fort *LIKED* and *SUBSCRIBED* to your channel pard. --LT
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for being willing to stick around and see my new adventures.
Man I used to go there every year as a youngster. Memories…
It’s an awesome place. I didn’t want to leave 😂
Had the chance to visit Fort Pulaski last weekend with my wife, we had lots of fun! Great history there. Really enjoyed your video, great job! By chance did you visit the John Wesley memorial while you were there? I did and it was cool to be at the spot where such a well known preacher first stepped foot on American soil.
Thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed the video. It was an amazing visit and really enjoyed this area. I did not unfortunately. But it sounds super interesting
5300 shells in 30 hours. That is 180 per hour. 3 per minute.
Hard to imagine enduring 30 straight hours of that.
A nuke was lost aroused tybee island
Cant solid mount a cannon