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“Sullen Roar of the Deep-Mouthed Cannon” at Fort Pulaski
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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On April 10-11, 1862, Union artillery bombarded Fort Pulaski with targeted fire that ended with the surrender of its garrison 30 hours later and largely closing the port of Savannah, Ga. Quartermaster Sgt. Aaron H. Ingraham of the 49th New York Infantry witnesses the event, and wrote home about it.
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