A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes,...
-
Upload
augusta-cobb -
Category
Documents
-
view
218 -
download
0
Transcript of A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes,...
![Page 1: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
A History of Fortification
![Page 2: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Elements of Defense:
• Walls
• Ditches
• Elevation
• Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features)
Ancient Hill Fort
![Page 3: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
The Dawn of Masonry Fortification: Jericho, 7000 B.C.E.
![Page 4: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Ancient Mizpah (Artist’s Reconstruction)
![Page 5: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
“The Great Leveler” :
Gunpowder and Cannon, 1180-1865
![Page 6: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
The Problem with Round Towers
![Page 7: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
The Solution: Design for Cannon
![Page 8: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
![Page 9: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
![Page 10: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Vaubon: The Master of the Bastioned Fort
![Page 11: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
![Page 12: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
![Page 13: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Vertical view
View from behind
Enemy’s view
Cross section
Sappers
![Page 14: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Montalembert tackles the concentration of fire problem
![Page 15: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Profile of a Casemated Wall in Three Tiers (such as Fort McRee)
From E. R. Lewis, Seacoast Fortifications of the United States
![Page 16: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
The Third System of U.S. Seacoast Fortifications, 1817-1870
![Page 17: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
![Page 18: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
![Page 19: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
![Page 20: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
![Page 21: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
![Page 22: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Fort Pickens, 1829-1834
![Page 23: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Fort McRee, 1833-1838
![Page 24: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Fort Barrancas, 1839-1844
![Page 25: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
The Advanced Redoubt of Fort Barrancas, 1845-1870
![Page 26: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
![Page 27: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
![Page 28: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
![Page 29: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
The Siege of Fort Donelson, Feb. 12-16, 1862
![Page 30: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Field works for the Barrancas Enclave, 1863-1865
![Page 31: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Field Works, South End
![Page 32: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
The End of an Era: Farragut Forces the Entrance to Mobile Bay with Steamships and Ironclads, 1864
![Page 33: A History of Fortification. Elements of Defense: Walls Ditches Elevation Restricted Access (Passes, narrows, and water features) Ancient Hill Fort.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022070410/56649ec05503460f94bcb6cd/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)