Fort Scott Memorial

When the Jim Woodruff dam flooded the original Fort Scott site, its cannon was moved here to Chason Park, the location of Fort Hughes, preserving the memory of the army post that launched the First Seminole War.

Fort Scott Memorial is a historical marker in Bainbridge, Decatur County. It is one of 29 historical markers documented in Decatur County, among 86 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 30.9080, -84.5787 near Bainbridge. The nearest cataloged historic site is Revolutionary War Memorial (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include General Andrew Jackson Trail, The Second Creek War and Removal in the Decatur County Area, and The Battle of Fowltown.

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