Siege of Fort Pulaski
​Confederate Commander
Col. Charles H. Olmstead
Forces Engaged: 373
Killed: 1
Wounded: 12
Captured or Missing: 360
Total: 373
Confederate Officers
Confederate Order of Battle
Confederate Official Records
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C. S. Army
Brig. Gen. Alexander R. Lawton
C. S. Army
April 10-11, 1862
Chatham County, Georgia
Union Victory
Operations against Fort Pulaski (1862)
National Park Service
Fort Pulaski and the Defense of Savannah
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American Battlefield Trust
Sketch of Portions of Seacoast of South Carolina & Georgia
Copy of Official Plan of the Siege of Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island,
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Mariner's Museum & Park
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Essential Civil War Curriculum
The Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski
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American History Central
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Iron Brigadier
Visiting Fort Pulaski National Monument
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Emerging Civil War
Artillery: Big Guns at Pulaski
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HistoryNet.com
Capturing Fort Pulaski during the American Civil War
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New York Times
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Harper's Weekly
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​Union Commander
Forces Engaged:
Killed: 1
Wounded: 0
Captured or Missing: 0
Total: 1
Union Officers
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Brig. Gen. Benham
Brig. Gen. Viele
Brig. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore
Union Order of Battle
Union Official Records
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U. S. Army
Commanding North District, Department of the South
U. S. Army
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Commanding U. S. Forces, Tybee and Cockspur Islands
Medical Director, Department of the South
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Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.
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