Fort McAllister: 4.5 mi.

Fort McAllister: 4.5 mi. is a Georgia historical marker in Bryan County, dedicated 1957.

At the intersection of GA 144 and GA 144 Spur in Richmond Hill.

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Fort McAllister was built on the Ogeechee River 4.5 miles east of here, to guard the "back door" to Savannah. During 1862-63, it repulsed seven attacks by armored vessels, some mounting 15-inch guns. On December 13, 1864, its small garrison of 230 Georgians was overwhelmed by Hazen's Division, 15th Corps (US), which had marched via this road. Its fall opened the Ogeechee River to United States vessels which, loaded with supplies for General Sherman's army, had been lying in Tybee Roads and Port Royal Sound. A wharf and depot were built at King's Bridge (on present-day US 17) from which these supplies were distributed to the invading forces.

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1845 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1852 · Georgia, Florida. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Plache VII. Sea Islands. (Carolina du Sud). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering the location of Fort McAllister: 4.5 mi., with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Fort McAllister: 4.5 mi.

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