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Covering Sherman's right rear in December 1864, General Judson Kilpatrick's cavalry swept down Bryan Neck, headquartered at Colonel McAllister's plantation, and probed Fort McAllister's defenses before reaching the coast to signal the waiting Union fleet.
Kilpatrick On Bryan Neck is a historical marker in Richmond Hill, Bryan County, erected in 1959. 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 31.8899, -81.2615 near Richmond Hill. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort McAllister (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fort McAllister, Burnt Church Cemetery, and The Clay Family of Bryan Neck.
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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