Forts in Georgia
Fort Frederica National Monument
Fort Frederica, the most extensive fort in British-ruled colonies, was built by Georgia founder General James Oglethorpe in 1736 to protect the colonies against the Spanish.
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Fort King George Historic Site
Darien, GA, Tours, Colonial Georgia
Reconstructed four-story cypress blockhouse, barracks and earthwork fort originally built in 1721 as southernmost outpost of British empire in North
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Fort McAllister Historic Park
Richmond Hill, GA, State Parks, Camping, Forts, Civil War
Fort McAllister, the best-preserved earthwork fortification of the Confederacy, fell to the Union Army in December 1864 during
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Fort Morris Historic Site
Fort Morris was built to defend the former town of Sunbury, once a bustling seaport second in Georgia only to Savannah.
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Fort Benning
Ft. Benning, GA, Tours, Forts
Fort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and in Russell County, Alabama.
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Fort Cusseta
Cusseta, AL, Tours, Forts
Built in the 1830s, Fort Cusseta in Cusseta, Alabama, is a rare, surviving example of a log fort built to defend a frontier settlement from Indian attack.
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Fort Mitchell
Ft. Mitchell, AL, Historic Forts
Just three quarters of a mile west of the Chattahoochee River near Columbus lies the reconstructed Fort Mitchell, built in 1813 along the Federal Road.
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Fort Pulaski National Monument
Tybee Island, GA, Tours. Forts
Built of 25 million bricks in 1847 to protect Savannah and other ports from sea attack, Fort Pulaski was taken by cannon attack April 11, 1862, marking a
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Fort Tyler
West Point, GA, Civil War, Fort
Fort Tyler was the last Confederate fort captured by the Union, giving it the distinction, "Last Fort to Fall."
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Old Fort Jackson
Savannah, GA, Forts
Fort Jackson is the oldest standing brick fortification in the state.
