Historical Marker

The Burning of Darien

Darien · Mcintosh County · Erected 2001

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The Story

On June 11, 1863, Union forces, including the Black soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts, looted and burned this nearly deserted town; Colonel Robert Gould Shaw protested the raid on an undefended port as 'a barbarous sort of warfare.'

About this site

The Burning of Darien is a historical marker in Darien, Mcintosh County, erected in 2001. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Mcintosh County, among 89 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.3691, -81.4343 near Darien. The nearest cataloged historic site is Methodists at Darien (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include McIntosh County Courthouse, McIntosh County, and Fort King George.

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

📍 31.3691, -81.4343 · Darien, Mcintosh County

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Nearby in Mcintosh County

McIntosh County Courthouse