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I am sure glad I will not be tested on all this. Yesterday we spent the day in Historic Savannah. We drove around aimlessly as usual and decided we needed to take a narrated tour. There was just so much that we wanted too know. We hopped aboard one of the many tour trolleys for a 90 minute guided tour. This was the best thing we could have done. We left with a much better understanding of the history of Savannah. Savannah played a big part in the Civil War and Slavery.
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Today we visited Fort Pulaski which is located on Cockspur Island. This is where the Union Army thought they were protected from the Confederate Army until the Confederate staged an attack from Tybee Island. The confederates fire power was too much for the fort and destroyed the outer wall leaving the forts gunpowder magazine variable. At this point the Union surrendered. You can see the many scars left by cannon fire in the walls and some even still contain the cannon shot imbedded in the wall.
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Over on Tybee Island we toured the Tybee Island Lighthouse which was constructed to guide ships into the Savannah River. This is actually the forth lighthouse after the first 2 were destroyed by storms and the third was set fire by the Union Army to keep the Confederate from spying of them at Fort Pulaski. There are 178 steps to the top of the light. I climbed every one of them. The Light keepers houses are still there and beautifully restored.
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