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In 1862, with St. Marys' men away at war, Union gunboats raided the nearly defenseless town; folklore holds local women walked to the waterfront to surrender, though much of the place was left damaged.
Historical Marker
The Civil War Comes to St. Marys
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About this site
The Civil War Comes to St. Marys is a historical marker in St. Marys, Camden County, erected in 2016. It is one of 32 historical markers documented in Camden County, among 70 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 30.7214, -81.5536 near St. Marys. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Civil War: Local People (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Enduring Gullah, Georgia’s Coastal Gem:, and Georgia’s Spanish Period.
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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