Historical Marker

Madison Square

Savannah · Chatham County · Erected 1958

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The Story

Laid out in 1837 and named for President James Madison, the square centers on an 1888 bronze of Sergeant William Jasper, the Revolutionary hero mortally wounded nearby trying to save his regiment's colors during the 1779 Siege of Savannah.

About this site

Madison Square is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 1958. 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 32.0738, -81.0940 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is History Of Emancipation: Special Field Orders No. 15 (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Madison Square, British Southern Line of Defenses, Old Sorrel–Weed House, and The March to the Sea.

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

📍 32.0738, -81.0940 · Savannah, Chatham County

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