Near Tybee Island in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Final Resting Place

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, April 30, 2019

1. Final Resting Place Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

The cemetery at Fort Pulaski marks the final resting place for workers, families, and soldiers. Union and Confederate soldiers, as well as the people who built the fort and supported the troops garrisoned here, once shared this hallowed ground. After the Civil War, the US Army moved the Union troops' remains to Beaufort National Cemetery in South Carolina, but the others remain.

Thirteen unmarked graves contain the remains of Confederate officers from a group known as the "Immortal 600." Some of these 600 Confederate officers were imprisoned at Fort Pulaski from October 1864 to March 1865. Here they endured starvation and sickness during a bitterly cold winter. In March, the survivors were transferred to Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island off the Delaware shore.

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A Union soldier stationed at Fort Pulaski made this drawing of the cemetery showing where different groups were buried.

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites

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• Forts and Castles • War, US Civil.

Location. 32° 1.644′ N, 80° 53.52′ W. Marker is near Tybee Island, Georgia, in Chatham County. Marker is on Fort Pulaski Road, one mile north of U.S. 80, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located at Fort Pulaski National Monument, along the walkway between the Visitor Center and the fort cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tybee Island GA 31328, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Immortal Six Hundred (within shouting distance of this marker); Burial Sites of Immortal 600 (within shouting distance of this marker); Guarding the Door (within shouting distance of this marker); Sheltering Crown (within shouting distance of this marker); Freedom Ahead! (within shouting distance of this marker); Cisterns of the Construction Village (within shouting distance of this marker); The Waving Girl (within shouting distance of this marker); Cockspur Island Lighthouse (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tybee Island.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Fort Pulaski Cemetery

Also see . . . The Immortal Six Hundred

Final Resting Place Marker (<i>wide view • cemetery & north side of Fort Pulaski in backround</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, April 30, 2019

2. Final Resting Place Marker (wide view • cemetery & north side of Fort Pulaski in backround)

. In October 1864, Union troops stationed at Fort Pulaski accepted transfer of a group of imprisoned Confederate officers who later became known as The Immortal Six Hundred. On October 23,1864, over 500 tired, ill-clothed, men arrived at Cockspur Island. Early on the emaciated troops received extra rations and were promised extra blankets and clothing. However, despite the best intentions of the fort's command, the prisoners never received sufficient food, blankets or clothes. During the Immortal Six Hundred's incarceration at Fort Pulaski, thirteen prisoners died. The dead were buried on site at Cockspur Island. Most died of dehydration due to dysentery. (Submitted on May 23, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Fort Pulaski Cemetery (<i>view from near marker • Fort Pulaski in background</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, April 30, 2019

3. Fort Pulaski Cemetery (view from near marker • Fort Pulaski in background)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 23, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 199 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 23, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.