The fort also protected the town of Sunbury.
The first fort at the site was constructed in 1741 to protect a plantation. In that same year, it was attacked by Indian allies of the Spanish in Florida. Several soldiers were killed and the fort captured. The plantation was ransacked.
A second, 100 yard square fort mounting eight guns was built during the French and Indian War but fell into disrepair after 1762. It was rebuilt for the Revolutionary War.
During the Civil War, it is believed the fort was used occasionally by a small group of Confederates based in Sunbury. After Sherman arrived, Union soldiers removed some of the fort's cannons.
I'll have to visit the next time I go to my sister's place in nearby Richmond Hill.
"Come and Get Your Lead." --Cooter
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Fort Morris "Come and Get It"-- Part 1
I had never heard of Fort Morris before reading about Lt. Col. John McIntosh (see May 13th, so had to do some research in Wikipedia.
Fort Morris is a Georgia State Historical Site. In the past, it defended the southern approach to Savannah along the Medway River.
It was most famous for the November 25, 1778 battle between American forces led by Lt. Col. John McIntosh and a British force during the American Revolution. When the British demanded their surrender, McIntosh simply replied, "Come and Get It." The English eventually had to withdraw, but returned 45 days later, on January 9, 1779, with a larger force and did capture it, renaming it Fort George.
Today, the fort is one of the few remaining Revolutionary War-era earthwork fortifications.
However, a fort stood at the site back in 1741 and was attacked by Indians allied with Spain (Florida was a Spanish colony at the time). Also, there was activity at the site during the French and Indian War, War of 1812 and even the Civil War.
In 1812, it was named Fort Defiance.
More to Come. --Cooter
Fort Morris is a Georgia State Historical Site. In the past, it defended the southern approach to Savannah along the Medway River.
It was most famous for the November 25, 1778 battle between American forces led by Lt. Col. John McIntosh and a British force during the American Revolution. When the British demanded their surrender, McIntosh simply replied, "Come and Get It." The English eventually had to withdraw, but returned 45 days later, on January 9, 1779, with a larger force and did capture it, renaming it Fort George.
Today, the fort is one of the few remaining Revolutionary War-era earthwork fortifications.
However, a fort stood at the site back in 1741 and was attacked by Indians allied with Spain (Florida was a Spanish colony at the time). Also, there was activity at the site during the French and Indian War, War of 1812 and even the Civil War.
In 1812, it was named Fort Defiance.
More to Come. --Cooter
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