This is another view of the casemates of the fort

This is a view along the northwest face of the fort. The guns mounted here were heavily engaged in the October 1861 Battle of Pensacola Bay when Fort Pickens exchanged fire with Confederate forces on the mainland. Guns along this wall inflicted heavily damage on Fort McRee, located across the harbor entrance on Foster's Bank. McRee was destroyed in the battle and has since washed into the bay

This is a 15-inch Rodman on top of the Tower Bastion, the western point of the five-sided fort. The gun was not installed until 1868, but guns were mounted here during the Civil War

This is a view from the Tower Bastion looking down the southwest face of the fort. The damage here did not result from the war. When Battery Pensacola was constructed on the parade ground of the fort in 1898, the army lowered the top of this part of the fort to create a clear field of fire for the new installation