Historical Marker

Key to the South

Tybee Island · Chatham County

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Guarding the mouth of the Savannah River, Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island was meant to shield the vital port city; its 1862 fall to Union rifled cannon proved masonry forts obsolete worldwide.

About this site

Key to the South is a historical marker in Tybee Island, Chatham County. 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 32.0277, -80.8903 near Tybee Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is This Memorial Commemorates The Act Of... (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fort Pulaski National Monument, Burial Sites of Immortal 600, and Fort Pulaski Prisoner Burial Ground.

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

📍 32.0277, -80.8903 · Tybee Island, Chatham County

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Nearby in Chatham County

Historical Marker

This Memorial Commemorates The Act Of...

Tybee Island · 1938

National Park Site

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Chatham County

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Burial Sites of Immortal 600

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Fort Pulaski Prisoner Burial Ground

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