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During the October 9, 1779 assault in the Siege of Savannah, allied American and French troops, including Haitian volunteers, charged the British lines and were bloodily repulsed in one of the Revolution's costliest engagements.
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Attack on British Lines
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About this site
Attack on British Lines is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 1952. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0760, -81.1002 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Spring Hill Redoubt (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lt. Ambrose Gordon, Dr. Noble W. Jones, and Michael Dennison.
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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