The Parade

During the Civil War, Confederates in the fort used earth and a blindage of timbers for protection against shot and shells falling within the fort, and to reduce casualties from flying debris they removed the light colonnade, or veranda roof, along the gorge. Three months after the battle, with the Parade restored, the 48th New York Volunteers stood on review there while others not on duty in the background played baseball in one of the first known photographs of the game. By the time the fort was established as a National Monument in 1924, the Parade was overgrown with vegetation. Restoration did not begin until 1933, when Fort Pulaski became part of the National Park System. With the help of the Civilian Conservation Corps, widespread preservation maintenance was carried out during the Great Depression, and the only major portion needing complete reconstruction was the veranda roof dismantled by the Confederates in 1862.

Georgia · United States