Revolutionary War hero Lt. Col. John McIntosh was reburied October 23, 2010, at a service held at the Mallow Plantation Historic Site in Eulonia in McIntosh County, Georgia. His great, great grandson was at the reburial. This was the colonel's third burial.
On November 25, 1778, British Lt.-Col. Lewis Fuser demanded that McIntosh surrender Fort Morris at Sunbury. McIntosh's reply was simply, "Come and get it." The British withdrew.
In 2006, an 1850s style "Fisk" iron casket was found in a marsh adjacent to a bluff where 1800s records indicate the colonel's body was buried. The Sapelo River washed it out. Since then, it was kept at the Darien funeral home and was not opened.
Records also indicate that McIntosh was the only male buried at the site and a piece of male clothing was found sticking out of the casket.
However, iron caskets were not invented until 1848 and McIntosh died in 1826. However, during the 1850s, six major hurricanes hit the area and it is believed that the colonel's casket was washed out and then his body place in an iron casket.
"Come and Get It" Ranks Right Up There with "Nuts" As far As Surrender Replies Are concerned.
The Colonel's Home at Last. --Cooter
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