Fort McAllister Historic State Park (GA)
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A nice little diorama depicts the fort as it appeared during the war. Notice the mortar pit which was far removed from the fort proper. This was to prevent the concussion, when it was fired, from damaging the forts' earthen walls...
A n interesting display depicting life at the fort...
Much of the action taken against McAllister in its first couple years of operation was from the river by Union gunboats. This well done display depicts the ships used against the fort...
A simple but interesting display of the various types of ordinance used by and against the fort...
A wide, tree-lined boulevard leads from the visitor center to the fort...
The wide Ogechee River flows quietly past the fort. During the war these waters were kept busy by the passage of Confederate blockade runners and Union gunboats...
One of the objectives of Sherman's March-to-the-Sea was the destruction of Georgia's rail lines. Simply tearing up tracks wasn't enough to permanently put them out of commission so Sherman's men would heat the rails until they could be bent and then, often using trees, bend them into the above 'necktie' configuration rendering them useless...
Fort McAllister was built on the property of one Joseph McAllister, for whom the fort was named. McAllister owned a fairly large plantation of which the park has reconstructed the overseer's house and slave cabins (above). Joseph McAllister served with the Confederate calvary and was killed at the Battle of Trevilian's Station in Virginia on June 11, 1864...
Fort McAllister was built on the property of one Joseph McAllister, for whom the fort was named. McAllister owned a fairly large plantation of which the park has reconstructed the overseer's house (above) and slave cabins. Joseph McAllister served with the Confederate calvary and was killed at the Battle of Trevilian's Station in Virginia on June 11, 1864...
The fort as seen from the Overseer's House. We were immediately impressed by the size of the earthworks...
