Fort Frederica National Monument
clarkth (Premium member) > albums > Georgia's Low Country
Album Info:
"The settlers first task was to build a fort. Under Oglethorpe's direction, they soon raised an earthen work whose design reflected the classical ideas of the 17th-century French military engineer Vauban. Over the next several years Oglethorpe tranformed this work and the town itself into a formidible position. Frederica is defended, said a visitor in 1745, 'by a pretty stong Fort of Tappy, which has several 18 Pounders mounted on a Ravelin in its Front, and command the River both upwards and downwards; and is surrounded by a quadrangular Rampart, with 4 bastions, of Earth well stockaded and turfed, and a palisadoed Ditch.'"
Sample Email
Below is what we'll send to your friends to invite them - edit or remove the optional note.
more Webshots
-
More from this member
More albums by Premium member
clarkth
No comments so far...
To be able to leave a comment please Log in or Sign up.