Fort Augusta ~ Fort Cornwallis / St. Paul's Episcopal Church

The colonial fort here became British Fort Cornwallis in the Revolution. In 1781 Pickens and 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee raised a tall Mayham tower to bombard it; Colonel Brown surrendered in June. St. Paul's Church stands on the ground.

Fort Augusta ~ Fort Cornwallis / St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County, erected in 1956. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.4755, -81.9610 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Augusta Museum of History (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery, U.S. Marshal Robert Forsyth, and Washington's Southern Tour.

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