Brick Forts – War Was Here

Old Fort Jackson

Fort Jackson is Georgia’s oldest brick fortification. It served as the Headquarters for the Confederate Coastal Defensive fortifications that protected the Savannah River. The Union Navy was never able to capture the fort and it was not until General Sherman occupied the City of Savannah, that the fort changed hands.

_dsc0550-bw — The brick walls surrounded by a marshy moat.

_dsc0571-bw — Gun ports from the outside wall.

_dsc0026-bw — Gun ports from the inside wall.

_dsc0610-bw — Looking downstream on the Savannah River towards the ocean.

_dsc0613-bw — Looking upstream on the Savannah River towards the Port of Savannah.

_dsc0631-bw — It is easy to see so commanding of a view that Fort Jackson has of the Savannah River.

_dsc0035-bw — Train tracks that connected Savannah and the Fort so that supplies could be maintained.