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Built of earth that absorbed shellfire, Fort McAllister shrugged off repeated Union naval attacks during 1862-63, including ironclad monitor bombardments lasting hours. The fort never fell to the navy, proving sand-and-earth forts could outlast the era's most advanced warships.
Fort McAllister The Naval Bombardments is a historical marker in Richmond Hill, Bryan County, erected in 1957. 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, -81.1987 near Richmond Hill. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort McAllister The Assault From The Rear (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sinking of the CSS "Nashville (Rattlesnake)", Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville, and Capt. John McCrady.
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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