Revolutionary War Barracks and Fortifications

British engineers under Capt. James Moncrief fortified the colonial barracks here into works anchoring the Royalist lines during the 1779 Siege of Savannah; the federal Oglethorpe Barracks later occupied the site.

Revolutionary War Barracks and Fortifications 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 32.0745, -81.0934 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Rotary Club of Savannah (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Sorrel–Weed House, Andrew Low House, and History Of Emancipation: Special Field Orders No. 15.

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