United States · 19th century
Fort Pulaski National Monument is located on Cockspur Island between Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. It preserves Fort Pulaski, the place where the Union Army successfully tested rifled cannons in 1862, the success of which 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 the adjacent McQueens Island.
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Fort Pulaski National Monument ranks #1,409 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #25 of the 110 mapped in United States. Founded 1829, it is older than 10% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 717 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 6,153 times in the last 60 days, more than 89% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 360,000 visitors in 2020. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
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