JOINT ARMY-NAVY EXPEDITIONS  Page 3

Top Left:  The muzzle of an 8-inch sea-coast gun points upward, so that it could be used as a mortar for high-angle fire against the Union batteries.  These were erected on Jones Island and Tybee Island.  Fort Pulaski kept up its resistance against heavy odds.  The little garrison finally surrendered on April 11, 1862.

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