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kindergarten Building

This structure was built in 1940 by Henry Ford to serve as a kindergarten for the children of Ways Station-Richmond Hill during the Ford era. The building included a kitchen and two large...

This structure was built in 1940 by Henry Ford to serve as a kindergarten for the children of Ways Station-Richmond Hill during the Ford era. The building included a kitchen and two...

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Community House

Outside their expansive home on the Ogeechee River, this is the single most imposing structure built by Henry and Clara Ford during their sojourn in Richmond Hill from 1926 to 1951. Built by local...

Outside their expansive home on the Ogeechee River, this is the single most imposing structure built by Henry and Clara Ford during their sojourn in Richmond Hill from 1926 to 1951. Built by...

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Burnt Church Cemetery

Near this site in 1830 the Brian Neck Presbyterian Church was established, being the oldest organized congregation in Bryan County. The church served the numerous plantar families of lower Bryan,...

Near this site in 1830 the Brian Neck Presbyterian Church was established, being the oldest organized congregation in Bryan County. The church served the numerous plantar families of lower...

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Bryan Neck Missionary Baptist Church

Organized in 1869, this is the oldest African-American church congregation lower Bryan County. The first structure for the church, a prayer house, was built in 1870 on this site here the white...

Organized in 1869, this is the oldest African- American church congregation lower Bryan County. The first structure for the church, a prayer house, was built in 1870 on this site here the white...

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Courthouse Annex

This wood-frame structure, situated on a site known since the creation of Bryan County in 1793 as “the Crossroads”, was built in 1939 with funding provided by Henry Ford. The building came to be...

This wood-frame structure, situated on a site known since the creation of Bryan County in 1793 as “the Crossroads”, was built in 1939 with funding provided by Henry Ford. The building came to be...

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Blue Star Memorial

A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by the Richmond Hill Garden Club In cooperation with The City of Richmond Hill And Oleander District The...

A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by the Richmond Hill Garden Club In cooperation with The City of Richmond Hill And Oleander District...

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Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville

The swift Confederate blockade runner NASHVILLE (renamed RATTLESNAKE) was destroyed by the monitor MONTAUK, February 28, 1863, after she went aground on a sandbar in a hairpin bend of the Ogeechee...

The swift Confederate blockade runner NASHVILLE (renamed RATTLESNAKE) was destroyed by the monitor MONTAUK, February 28, 1863, after she went aground on a sandbar in a hairpin bend of the...

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Damage From Naval Bombardments

The largest naval guns used against land fortifications were fired on Fort McAllister in 1863 from monitor-type Union iron-clads. 15 in. shells penetrated 17 ft. of sand, digging craters 8 ft. in...

The largest naval guns used against land fortifications were fired on Fort McAllister in 1863 from monitor-type Union iron-clads. 15 in. shells penetrated 17 ft. of sand, digging craters 8 ft. in...

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Confederate Land Mines

Land mines or torpedoes buried along the western approaches to the fort caused most of the casualties to the Union troops in the assault on December 13, 1864. After the taking of the fort, General...

Land mines or torpedoes buried along the western approaches to the fort caused most of the casualties to the Union troops in the assault on December 13, 1864. After the taking of the fort, General...

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Columbiad

This replica of a coast defence cannon known as the columbiad was manufactured, 1964, by Savannah Machine and Foundry Company as a public service. A similar cannon was positioned here during Union...

This replica of a coast defence cannon known as the columbiad was manufactured, 1964, by Savannah Machine and Foundry Company as a public service. A similar cannon was positioned here during...

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Cheeves' Rice Mill

From the roof of Cheves´ rice mill (2 1/2 miles across the Ogeechee in the direction of the arrow) General Sherman and his staff watched the reduction of Fort McAllister, sunset, December 13,...

From the roof of Cheves´ rice mill (2 1/2 miles across the Ogeechee in the direction of the arrow) General Sherman and his staff watched the reduction of Fort McAllister, sunset, December...

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Capt. Nicholas Clinch

When called upon by a Union officer to surrender during Sherman´s assault, December 13, 1864, Clinch responded with a blow of his sword. After three sabre, six bayonet, and two gunshot wounds, he...

When called upon by a Union officer to surrender during Sherman´s assault, December 13, 1864, Clinch responded with a blow of his sword. After three sabre, six bayonet, and two gunshot wounds, he...

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Capt. John McCrady

Charlestonian, a student of Agassiz at Harvard, then professor of mathematics at the College of Charleston, he resigned his position at the outbreak of the war and became an officer in the...

Charlestonian, a student of Agassiz at Harvard, then professor of mathematics at the College of Charleston, he resigned his position at the outbreak of the war and became an officer in...

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Old City Jail

Built in 1912, this structure was originally a simple one-room brick cube with barred windows an an armored door. It was used to house offenders for short periods for fighting, public drunkenness...

Built in 1912, this structure was originally a simple one-room brick cube with barred windows an an armored door. It was used to house offenders for short periods for fighting, public...

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C.S.S. Nashville

Built by William Collyer in New York City. She was ordered by New York merchants and launched September 22, 1853. Her maiden voyage was from New York to Charleston, South Carolina, under the name...

Built by William Collyer in New York City. She was ordered by New York merchants and launched September 22, 1853. Her maiden voyage was from New York to Charleston, South Carolina, under the...

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Tom Cat

The sole Confederate fatality after seven hours of intensive bombardment on March 3, 1863, by the monitors PASSAIC (Capt. Percival Drayton), NAHANT, and PATAPSCO, supported by the MONTAUK, the...

The sole Confederate fatality after seven hours of intensive bombardment on March 3, 1863, by the monitors PASSAIC (Capt. Percival Drayton), NAHANT, and PATAPSCO, supported by the MONTAUK,...

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Position of the Monitors

The monitors took positions against the far marsh in the direction of the arrow, between 900 and 1200 yards from the fort during the following series of attacks: by the MONTAUK, January 27,...

The monitors took positions against the far marsh in the direction of the arrow, between 900 and 1200 yards from the fort during the following series of attacks: by the MONTAUK, January...

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Obstruction of River

To block the channel of the Ogeechee River, a double row of piling was placed across the river at a point opposite this marker. Georgia Historical Commission 1964 Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com....

To block the channel of the Ogeechee River, a double row of piling was placed across the river at a point opposite this marker. Georgia Historical Commission 1964 Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com....

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Major John B. Gallie

Killed in action while commanding the fort during the second attack of the monitor MONTAUK, February 1, 1863. The 32-pounder beside which he was standing was struck while Gallie was going from gun...

Killed in action while commanding the fort during the second attack of the monitor MONTAUK, February 1, 1863. The 32-pounder beside which he was standing was struck while Gallie was going from gun...

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Major Gallie's Gun

In this emplacement, chosen nearest the enemy, was the gun, an 8-inch columbiad, commanded personally by Major John B. Gallie. Georgia Historical Commission 1963 Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com....

In this emplacement, chosen nearest the enemy, was the gun, an 8-inch columbiad, commanded personally by Major John B. Gallie. Georgia Historical Commission 1963 Plaque courtesy...

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