Fort Walker

Hastily built in 1861 to protect the S.C. coast

against Union attack, Fort Walker, commanded

by Col. William C. Heyward, bore the brunt

of the Union attack on November 7, 1861,

when after 4½ hours, with only 3 guns left

serviceable and ammunition almost gone,

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Fort Walker

Southeastern salient of Atlanta’s inner line of (CS) fortifications erected during the Summer & Fall of 1863. The line consisted of a cordon of redoubts on hills connected by rifle pits encircling the city, aggregating some 10.5 miles of earthworks ...