GA: Chatham County
Photographs of historical markers from Chatham County, Georgia, United States of America.
Chatham County is in the low country region / southeastern portion of the state of Georgia and is boarded by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina. The county contains the city of Savannah, and is known for it's historical Southern architecture.
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GA-25-3 SS Savannah and SS John Randolph
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GA-25-3 Washington's Southern Tour
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GA-25-4 Tomo-Chi-Chi's Grave
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GA-25-6 James Moore Wayne (1790-1867) For 32 Y..ourt
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GA-25-12 Nathanael Greene Monument
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GA-25-7 Savannah Waterfront
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GA-25-13 Savannah: Colonial Capital and Birthp..rgia
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GA-25-15 Joel Chandler Harris in Savannah 1870..1876
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GA-25-24 Savannah City Hall
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GA-25-46 Birthplace of the University Of Georg..1785
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![Evacuation of Savannah<br />
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On Dec. 14, 1864, Fort McAllister [CS] having fallen the day before, opening the Great Ogeechee River to Union shipping and rendering Savannah untenable, Lt. Gen. W. J. Hardee, CSA, decided to evacuate the city to save it from a destructive bombardment and to extricate his besieged army. River craft being unequal to the task and no pontoon bridging being available, an engineering expedient was adopted. Directed by Lt. Col. B. W. Frobel, CSA, pontoon type bridges were laid by sailors of the CS Navy and details from the Georgia Militia. Using large `cotton flats` for boats, car wheels for anchors and planks from the city wharves for flooring, a bridge was laid from the foot of West Broad Street to Hutchinson Island, another across Back River to Pennyworth Island, and a third across Little Back River to the South Carolina shore.<br />
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On the 19th, orders were issued giving priorities and times of withdrawal. The heavy guns were spiked and carriages and ammunition destroyed. At dark, the garrisons of Whitemarsh Island were withdrawn into the city and evacuated via the bridges...At dark on the 20th, the garrisons of Causton`s Bluff, Thunderbolt and the Savannah River batteries gathered at Fort Jackson and were transferred by steamer to Screven`s Ferry; but the main garrison -- infantry, cavalry, light artillery and wagons -- crossed on the bridges. Well before dawn, the rear-guard had cleared Hutchinson Island, the bridge from West Broad Street had been cut adrift, and the troops were marching via the Union Causeway to Hardeeville.<br />
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Georgia historical Commission 1957](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000iDX1R3fEzBI/t/170/I0000iDX1R3fEzBI.jpg)
GA-25-52 Evacuation of Savannah
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GA-25-54 Chatham Artillery's "Washington Guns"
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GA-25-53 Chatham Artillery's "Washington Guns"
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GA-25-56 Old Savannah Cotton Exchange
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GA-25-41 Old City Exchange Bell
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GA-25-5 Christ Church The Mother Church of Georgia
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GA-25-38A Johnson Square
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GA-25-69 Wright Square
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GA-25-76 Lutheran Church of the Ascension (Fou..741)
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GA-25-34 Birthplace of Juliette Low (1860-1927..S.A.
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GA-25-36 Lowell Mason 1792- 1872
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GA-25-35 Independent Presbyterian Church
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GA-25-31 Dr. Wm. A. Caruthers (1802-46) Early ..list
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GA-25-45 James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785)
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GA-25-71 Madison Square
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GA-25-27 Old Sorrel-Weed House
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GA-25-6 Sherman's Headquarters Green-Meldrim M..sion
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GA-25-47 Sergeant Jasper
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GA-25-23 Pulaski Monument
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GA-25-25 Casimir Pulaski
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GA-25-40 Comer House Jefferson Davis
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GA-25-28 Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
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GA-25-93 St. Vincent's Academy
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GA-25-004 The Georgia Medical Society
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GA-25-2 The Trustees' Garden
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GA-25-75 Colonial Town Gate; Davenport House
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GA-25-005 Conrad Aiken
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GA-25-006 1812 Wesley Chapel
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GA-25-11 Nathanel Greene, Maj. Gen., Continent..Foot
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GA-25-17B Archibald Bulloch
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GA-25-49 Major John Berrien (1759-1815)
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GA-25-50 Joseph Clay
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GA-25-15 James Habersham
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GA-25-14 Joseph Habersham (1751-1815) John Hab..799)
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GA-25-29 Gen. Samuel Elbert (1740-1788)
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GA-25-21 Edward Greene Malbone
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GA-25-20 Colonial Park
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GA-25-002 The Georgia Hussars Organized 13 Fe..1736
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GA-25-003 Salzburger Monument of Reconciliation
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GA-25-001 Savannah, Birthplace of Prince Hall ..rgia
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GA-25-58 Old Harbor Light
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GA-25-14 Savannah's Irish and Robert Emmet Park
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GA-25-85 Josephe Vallaence Bevan (1798-1830) G..rian
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GA-25-24 Hugh McCall (1767-1823) Early Georgia..rian
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GA-25-22 Duellist's Grave
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GA-24-44 William Scarbrough Promoter of the fi..ship
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GA-25-37 James Johnson Georgia's First Newspap..nter
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GA-25-32 Col. James S. McIntosh
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GA-25-30 Gen. Lachlan McIntosh (1727-1806)
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GA-25-55 Capt. Denis N. Cottineau (1745-1808)
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GS-25-101 Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home
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GA-25-007 Massie Common School House Savannah'..tion
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GA-25-13 Georgia Historical Society Founded 1839
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GA-25-10 Forsyth Park
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GA-25-67 Trinity Methodist Church Mother Churc..dism
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GA-25-28 Telfair Family Mansion (1818 - Willia..ect)
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GA-25-38B Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences
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GA-25-88 John Wesley 1703-1791 Founder of Meth..dism
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GA-25-014 Italians in Georgia's Genesis
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GA-25-007 William Bartram Trail
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GA-25-008 Solomon's Lodge No. 1 F. & A. M. Sav..rgia
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GA-25-009 The Invention of the Cotton Gin
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GA-25-36 Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
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GA-25-010 Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite o..onry
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GA-25-011 Jane Cuyler (1738-1799)
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GA-25-012 Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820
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GA-25-013 William Stephens - First Grand Maste..rgia