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Savannah Volunteer Guards Organized 1802

As infantry the Corps fought in the War of 1812, Indian Wars and as a battalion in 1861, serving with distinction in defense of Savannah and Charleston. In the spring of 1864 joined Lee´s Army at...

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Massie Common School House Savannah's Cradle of Public Education

Massie Common School House Savannah´s Cradle of Public Education Massie School is the only remaining building of Georgia´s oldest chartered public school system. Constructed in 1855-56 and opened...

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The Oliver Sturges House

This house built in 1813 by Oliver Sturges, successful Savannah merchant, occupies the site of the parsonage of John Wesley, minister of the Church of England in Georgia 1736- 37 and founder of...

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Solomon's Lodge No. 1, F.&.A.M.

Organized as a Masonic Lodge February 21, 1739 its first Worshipful Master was General James Edward Oglethorpe, English soldier, statesman, humanitarian, and founder of Georgia, who raised the...

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Italians in Georgia's Genesis

When James Oglethorpe left England to begin the new colony of Georgia, in 1732, one of the passengers was Paul Amatis, an Italian artisan, skilled in producing silk. He was later placed in charge...

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Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820

In this cemetery many victims of the Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820 were buried. Nearly 700 Savannahians died that year, including two local physicians who lost their lives caring for...

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Armstrong Junior College

Armstrong Junior College was founded on this site May 27, 1935 by the City of Savannah undr the guidance of Mayor Thomas Gamble. The college was named for George Ferguson Armstrong (1866- 1924), a...

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Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

Savannah, Georgia The Scottish rite of freemasonry was introduced into Georgia in 1792 by the brother Abraham Jacobs. The first degrees of the rite of perfection to be communicated in savannah...

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William Bartram Trail

DEEP SOUTH REGION WILLIAM BARTRAM TRAIL TRACED 1773-1777 In 1765 John and William Bartram, naturalists, began an extended trail from Savannah through Georgia and left a legacy of...

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Blue Star Memorial Highway

Blue Star Memorial Highway A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. in cooperation with the State Department...

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Isle of Hope National Historic District

In 1736, Noble Jones, John Fallowfield and Henry Parker settled this important outpost on the colony´s inland waterway to the south and named it Isle of Hope. Jones´ Wormsloe [Wormslow] plantation...

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Atlantic Coastal Highway Through Georgia

From South Carolina line to Florida line distance of 136 miles. Traversing Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden Counties. First work done in 1735 when the road from Savannah...

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Isle of Hope National Historic District

In 1736, Noble Jones, John Fallowfield and Henry Parker settled this important outpost on the colony´s inland waterway to the south and named it Isle of Hope. Jones´ Wormsloe [Wormslow] plantation...

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Casemate Gin

With this machine ten men could lift a 15,000 pound gun tube. Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with additional info, here. Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.

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Casemate Guns

Guns in the casemate proved ineffective during the siege. The Federals converted most of the casement into quarters and later into a prison. Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page,...

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Flank Howitzer

This weapon protects the rear of the fort against attack by infantry. Three men – one gunner and two cannoneers – fired the piece. Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with...

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Independent Presbyterian Church

INDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Savannah, Georgia MINISTER - Terry L. Johnson FOUNDED 1755 PRESENT SANCTUARY ERECTED 1891 For more than 200 years holding aloft the torch of truth PRESENTED BY...

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Moat Feeder Canal

In wartime the moat was filled with water from the South Channel the Savannah River. This feeder canal featured stop-lock gates which provided water control and access to small barges...

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Cisterns of the Construction Village

Robert E. Lee, newly graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, joined Major Samuel Babcock of the Army Corps of Engineers in 1829 to begin work on building a construction...

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The old Bonaventure Waterworks and Garden

Two Rumsey Triplex pumps were installed by The Evergreen Cemetery Co. in 1905. Following an explosion of one of these pumps, the city of Savannah placed a sterling deep well turbine pump on the...

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