Ft Pulaski National Monument
N 32° 01.924 W 080° 53.433
17S E 510334 N 3543995
Quick Description: On April 16, 1862, Gen Hunter issued an order freeing the slaves on the fort's islands. President Lincoln overturned it, but issued the Emancipation Proclamation eight months later. There is an UGRR stamp in the gift shop.
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 7/16/2009 6:41:17 AM
Waymark Code: WM6T0Q
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Long Description:The History of Emancipation:
Gen. David Hunter and general Order No. 7
On April 13, 1862, following the Union capture of Ft. Pulaski
during the Civil War, Maj. Gen. David Hunter issued General order
No. 7 freeing those enslaved at the fort and on Cockspur Island.
Hunter, an abolitionist advocated the enlistment of black solders
in the Union Army, ordered freedmen subject to military service.
Not yet committed to a comprehensive plan of emancipation,
President Abraham Lincoln overturned the orders. However, Hunter’s
orders were a precursor to Lincoln’s own Emancipation Proclamation,
formally issued January 1, 1863, and the establishment of the
Bureau of Colored Troops on May 22 1863. Local African-American
units included the 103rd Regiment USCT, which serviced at Ft.
Pulaski 1865-1866.
2008.5 Erected by The Georgia Historical Society and Sam’s Club and
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 25-32
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Fort Pulaski National Monument
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Fort Pulaski National Monument is located between Savannah and
Tybee Island, Georgia. It preserves Fort Pulaski, notable as the
place where, during the American Civil War, in 1862, the Union Army
successfully tested a rifled cannon. The success of the test
rendered brick fortifications obsolete. The fort was also used as a
prisoner-of-war camp. The National Monument includes most of
Cockspur Island (containing the fort) and all of adjacent McQueens
Island.
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