Historical Marker

Capture of the USS "Water Witch"

Savannah · Chatham County · Erected 1957

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The Story

In a daring pre-dawn raid in June 1864, Confederate sailors in small boats boarded and seized the Union gunboat USS Water Witch in Ossabaw Sound, guided by Moses Dallas, a Black pilot killed in the fighting.

About this site

Capture of the USS "Water Witch" is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 1957. 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 31.9667, -81.1246 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Vernonburg Historic District (historic place), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Vernonburg Historic District, Nicholsonboro, and Nicholsonville Baptist Church.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 31.9667, -81.1246 · Savannah, Chatham County

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