A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.

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A History of Fortification

Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort

The Dawn of Masonry Fortification: Jericho, 7000 B.C.E.

Ancient Mizpah (Artist’s Reconstruction)

“The Great Leveler” : Gunpowder and Cannon,

The Problem with Round Towers

The Solution: Design for Cannon

Vaubon: The Master of the Bastioned Fort

Vertical view View from behind Enemy’s view Cross section Sappers

Montalembert tackles the concentration of fire problem

Profile of a Casemated Wall in Three Tiers (such as Fort McRee) From E. R. Lewis, Seacoast Fortifications of the United States

The Third System of U.S. Seacoast Fortifications,

Fort Pickens,

Fort McRee,

Fort Barrancas,

The Advanced Redoubt of Fort Barrancas,

The Siege of Fort Donelson, Feb , 1862

Field works for the Barrancas Enclave,

Field Works, South End

The End of an Era: Farragut Forces the Entrance to Mobile Bay with Steamships and Ironclads, 1864

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