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Rather than crossing here in pursuit, Sherman's army used pontoon bridges to enter South Carolina in early 1865, carrying the war's hard hand from Georgia into the state that first seceded.
Historical Marker
Crossing the Savannah
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About this site
Crossing the Savannah is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2009. 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 32.0801, -81.0840 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is 1996 Olympic Yachting Cauldron (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include “Liberty” 1775, Ironclads and Gunboats of the Savannah River Squadron, and Native Americans on the Georgia Coast.
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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