Battle of Pilot Knob and Fort Davidson Page4    
 

 

WHERE VALOR AND
DEVOTION MET
NORTH AND SOUTH
SEPTEMBER 26-27-1864
 

Enlarge The Battle of Pilot Knob Monument. The view is looking north toward Fort Davidson

            
 

Interior of Fort Davidson. The view is looking east toward Pilot Knob. The visitor center is in the background. Gen. Fagan's troops attacked the fort from the east. Barbettes can be seen in the left foreground, and in the upper right corner. The crater is at right center

Barbette: A raised wooden platform normally found in permanent fortifications, that allowed an artillery piece to be fired over a wall without exposing its gun crew. A mound of dirt was often used as a replacement

 

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