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Fort Pulaski

American  

noun

  1. a fort in E Georgia, at the mouth of the Savannah River: captured by Union forces in 1862; now a national monument.


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Fort Pulaski: Why do we have an entire fort named for the second-best doctor on “Star Trek: The Next Generation”?

From Washington Post Jul. 24, 2018

The 18-mile stretch from the Savannah River’s mouth at Fort Pulaski National Monument out into the Atlantic Ocean is now 49-feet deep and more than 500-feet wide.

From Washington Times Jun. 13, 2018

A tide of more than 11 feet at Fort Pulaski near Savannah was the second-highest on record.

From Washington Times Oct. 8, 2016

Senator Toombs had telegraphed from Washington that Fort Pulaski, guarding the Savannah River, was "in danger."

From The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South by Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson

As they passed old Fort Pulaski, Ralph ventured to question the pilot on the roof.

From Ralph Granger's Fortunes by William Perry Brown

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