The blockade runner Nashville, refitted as the raider Rattlesnake, ran aground in the Ogeechee in February 1863; the Union monitor Montauk shelled her until her magazine exploded, ending a long-sought target.
Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville
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Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville is a historical marker in Richmond Hill, Bryan County, erected in 1963. It is one of 35 historical markers documented in Bryan County, among 74 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.8898, -81.1990 near Richmond Hill. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sinking of the CSS "Nashville (Rattlesnake)" (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fort McAllister The Naval Bombardments, Antonio J. Waring, Jr. M.D., and Fort McAllister The Assault From The Rear.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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