"Fort Pocahontas" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Feb 2021 9:57 p.m. PST |
"the fort. Lying outside the earthworks were abatis constructed from felled trees and sharpened branches designed to slow the momentum and order of an enemy charge, causing enough delay for the defenders' fire to be most effective. The land entrance to the fort, known as the "salle port," would have been secured and controlled with a gated stockade constructed in typical fashion for the time. Logs 10-18 inches in diameter would have been flattened on 2 sides, placed upright in a line, sharpened at the top and buried about 4 feet into the ground. Smaller logs may have reinforced the joints. Embrasures (also called "Loopholes") were strategically cut into the wall so men could stand upon firing steps and shoot from within the stockade…"
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 Editor Katie  | 11 Feb 2021 10:01 p.m. PST |
From the Fort Pocahontas website. |
| EJNashIII | 17 Feb 2021 8:04 a.m. PST |
A very nice place on the James river. I have reenacted there many times. Also the place McClellan fell back to at the end of the seven days campaign. Further interesting as it apart of sherwood forest plantation and is owned by Harrison Ruffin Tyler, 93, grandson of of President Tyler. link
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| Tango01 | 24 Oct 2021 4:29 p.m. PST |
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adds artillery to his soft-plastic Union forces.
