Greater Savannah Area

Last Update: 20/JULY/2026

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Colonial Forts of Savannah
Fortresses of Savannah from the Savannah Images Project
(1733 - 1814), Savannah
From its founding, Savannah was contained inside earthen walls with palisades, with several batteries (1757 - 1814). Located on Yamacraw Bluff was Fort Halifax (1756 - 1760's). It was abandoned and then later rebuilt by the Patriots as Fort Savannah (1776 - 1778), captured by the British and renamed Fort Prevost (1778 - 1782). After the British evacuated the city, it was renamed Fort Wayne (1) (1782 - 1790's) by the Americans. The fort was partially rebuilt in 1812, but construction was never completed. The stone outer retaining wall by the river was completed, which still exists today at the corner of East Bay and East Broad Streets. Barracks were constructed outside the fort proper, and this became known as Oglethorpe Barracks (1) (1821 - 1851). The barracks were in use by the Confederates 1861 - 1864, and then as Federal Reconstruction era occupation barracks (1864 - 1879).

Other colonial works included British Spring Hill Redoubt (1779), reconstructed at Battlefield Memorial Park at West Broad and Liberty Streets (near the Savannah Visitors Center and History Museum); and the site of Revolutionary War Barracks and Fortifications (aka Savannah Barracks) at Bull and Liberty Streets, now the DeSoto Hilton Plaza. Spring Hill was the main focus of the Patriot - French attack in October 1779. Sailor's Battery was north of Spring Hill and anchored the British line at the Savannah River. Patriot-French siege lines were built south to southeast of Spring Hill.
British Capture of Savannah 1778 state marker at Liberty and Randolph Streets.
Attack on British Lines state marker at the Savannah Visitors Center.
Savannah was the state's first permanent white settlement (1733). The city was occupied by the British from December 1778 to June 1782.

Fort Jackson (1)
(1808 - 1902), Savannah FORT WIKI
A Patriot earthen battery (Mud Fort) was first located here from 1775 - 1778. The British under Lt. Col. Archibald Campbell landed in this area in December 1779 to occupy the city. A new fort was built in 1792, and probably seriously damaged in the 1804 hurricane.

The third fort (six guns), built of brick in 1808, was formally named in 1810, and was enlarged between 1845 and 1860. It became Confederate in January 1861, and was the headquarters for eight other nearby river fortifications in the area. When Union troops under General Sherman occupied the city and raised the Federal flag over the fort in December 1864, the iron-ram C.S.S. Savannah fired on the fort from the river. The ironclad C.S.S. Georgia was scuttled nearby. The fort was last modified in 1874 - 1876 with five new gun emplacements (10-inch SML Rodmans and 100-pdr Parrotts) and a magazine on the parapet. The name was changed to Fort Oglethorpe (1) or Oglethorpe Barracks (2) (1884 - 1889). The former name was restored in 1905. Sold to the state in 1923. Opened as a state park in 1969. This is the oldest standing brick fort in the state. The largest black-powder cannon still being fired in the U.S., a 32-pounder, is located here and is used for special occasions.

Savannah CSA Arsenal and Ordnance Depot
(1860's), Savannah
A CSA Arsenal and/or Ordnance Depot was located in the city. Undetermined location.

National Guard Training Batteries
(1909 or 1913 - 1930's), Savannah
Located at Forsyth Park. Also known locally as Forsyth Fort. Enclosed concrete gun mounts still exist here for two batteries used to train state militia coast artillery troops, known as East Dummy Fort and West Dummy Fort. The west structure was originally equipped with a small pedestal-mounted gun, probably a 3-inch rapid-fire gun, and was transformed in 1963 (rededicated in 2002) as the Fragrant Garden for the Blind. The east structure was originally equipped with a disappearing carriage-mounted gun (10-inch ?), and then later stood derelict until remodeled in 2008 as the new Forsyth Park Visitor Center and Bandstand. The dummy guns were only used for loading and drill exercises, never for live firing, which would have taken place at either Fort Screven (2) or Fort Moultrie, SC. June 2008 Savannah Now article || Georgia Historical Society marker

Civil War Defenses of Savannah
(1861 - 1865), various locations
Confederate coastal defenses of Savannah through December 1864:
Fig Island Battery (five guns), located on Fig Island near the lighthouse (or beacon), at the far eastern end of Hutchinson Island.
Fort Tatnall (2), on a small island in the Savannah River between Barnwell Island and Forts Jackson (1) and Lee on the south bank.
Fort Lawton (2) (four guns), on Barnwell (Smith) Island in the Savannah River.
Fort Lee, on the Savannah River below Fort Jackson. Small remnant still exists on industrial property.
Causten's Bluff Fort, on St. Augustine Creek north of Thunderbolt, near the present-day Islands Expressway bridge. Remnants still exist on private property inside gated community.
Fort Bartow (1), Riverside, remnants still exist on private property inside gated community, visible from President Street (US 80). General Robert E. Lee narrowly escaped death in an incident here in 1862 when a cannon exploded. Several people were killed, and a large piece flew right over the general's head and landed 400 yards away.
Whitemarsh Island Line, an earthwork defense line with a bastion gun battery, between Fort Bartow (1) and Gibson's Point.
Gibson's Point Battery (aka Eastern Point Battery), east of Riverside, a redoubt with two water batteries. Remnants exist on private property.
Turner's Creek Battery, below Gibson's Point.
Wilmington Battery (1861 - 1862), Wilmington, on the Wilmington River.
Bonaventure Battery, on St. Augustine Creek about halfway between Causten's Bluff Fort and Fort Thunderbolt (2).
Fort Thunderbolt (2), Thunderbolt (previously known as Wassaw). Also known as Thunderbolt Battery (2). No remains.
Turner's Rock Battery, Turners Rock. Still exists on private property.
Battery Daniels (aka Forge Battery), Parkersburg, with several supporting batteries (no remains) on the Herb River and Grimball's Creek. No remains.
Fort Wimberly, on the west side of Isle of Hope, east of Bethesda. Originally named Fort (or Battery) Lawton (1). Earthwork still exists on grounds of Wormsloe Plantation SHS.
Defensive trenchworks also still remain within Skidaway Island State Park.
Burnside Island Battery, near Vernon View, facing the Back River.
Fort Beaulieu (8 guns), near the mouth of the Vernon River at the old Beaulieu Church. No remains.(pronounced "byew-lee")
Fort Screven (1) (8 guns), on Green Island at the junction of the Vernon and Little Ogeechee Rivers. Does not appear on some 1864 maps. Earthworks and brick magazines still exist on private property. (info courtesy of Lewis Strickland)
Fort Rose Dew, on Rose Dew (Dhu) Island in the Little Ogeechee River, below Coffee Bluff. Eroding remnants exist on private property.
Coffee Bluff Battery, on the Little Ogeechee River, south of Mt. Herman.
Long Island Battery (1861 - 1862), on Long Island just to the west of Fort Pulaski. Abandoned when Fort Pulaski surrendered in April 1862.
Tybee Island Battery (1861) (two guns), built May 1861, withdrawn in July 1861. The island was captured and occupied by the Union in November 1861.
Wassaw Island Battery (1861), abandoned to the Union when Tybee Island was captured.

Confederate land defenses of Savannah (most locations undetermined):
Fort Boggs (14 guns) the anchor of the CSA inner defense line around the present-day downtown area. Remnants (five detached lunettes) are located around the now cut-down Brewton Hill at the present-day Savannah Country Club golf course.
Fort Brown (2) (11 guns), at the Hillcrest Abbey Roman Catholic Cemetery near Skidaway Road and East Gwinnett Street. Small remnant remains.
See also Eastern Savannah Neighborhood Project
Fort Mercer (9 guns)
Battery Harrison, at White Bluff, near the head of the Vernon River.
Fort Hardeman
Fort Augusta (2)
Battery Cheves
Battery Acee
Battery Barnes
Battery Jones (7 guns), state marker on US 17 at Salt Creek near Silk Hope.
Fort James (3), somewhere on the Ogeechee River.
Pine Point Battery
Fort Rosedon
Fort Moncrief
Capers Battery
Battery Walker
Battery McBeth, a CSA gun mounted on a flatbed railcar.
A line of CSA earthworks and batteries was northwest of the city from Garden City to Silk Hope. Many of the above named works may have been located within this western line.
CSA Evacuation of Savannah state marker at Bay and Jefferson Streets.

After the fall of the city in December 1864 to General Sherman, the Union built a line of defenses within the CSA inner line to protect the occupying garrison. Troops were encamped in Savannah City Park (Forsyth Park), among other areas. The Union had already captured most of the outlying barrier islands in 1862.

Savannah - Chatham County Confederate Camps
(1861 - 1864), various locations
Camp Adams (November 1861) (Company D, 31st Regiment Georgia Infantry), located one-half mile from the Adams house on the south end of Skidaway Island, about three miles from the fortifications on Green Island (Fort Screven (1)).
Camp Anderson (September 1862 - February 1863) (four companies, 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters), located on the Wildhorn Plantation, on the west side of the Grove River, 1.5 miles from Station No. 1 on the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad. The 29th Regiment Georgia Infantry (Companies A and G) was here only in September 1862.
Camp Ashby (August 1862, and January 1863) (Chatham Artillery), located in a pine grove at White Bluff, within sight of the Vernon River. The Terrell Light Artillery, Brook's Battery, was here in March-April 1863.
Camp Barkuloo (May-June 1862) (54th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located on the Georgia Central Railroad four miles from Savannah.
Camp Bartow (4) (November 1861 - March 1862) (Wright's Legion (aka 38th Regiment Georgia Infantry)), located on the Pembrook (Pembroke) Plantation, five and one-half miles south of Savannah on the Skidaway Road (at the "Skidaway Narrows"), at the edge of a lake. The Jo Thompson Artillery (Company M, Wright's Legion) was here only in November 1861 to January 1862. The 30th Regiment Georgia Infantry was later here in April-June 1862.
Camp at Battery Harrison (February-April 1862) (3rd Regiment Georgia State Troops), located one-half mile north of Battery Harrison at White Bluff, about three and one-half miles south of Savannah on the White Bluff Road, and two and one-half miles south of Camp Jackson (1) at Savannah City Park (Forsyth Park). The 32nd Regiment Georgia Infantry was next here in April-May 1862.
Camp Beaulieu (2) (May 1862) (31st Regiment Georgia Infantry), located at the Beaulieu Plantation on the Vernon River, ten miles south of Savannah. The 8th Battalion Georgia Infantry was next here in June-July 1862. (see also Camp Philips (1) below)
Camp Bee (July-October 1863) (32nd Regiment Georgia Infantry), located near White Bluff at Vernonsburg, on the Vernon River.
Camp Berrien (1861 - 1864), located near the toll gate at White Bluff Road and Lovers Lane. Company D, 1st Regiment Infantry, Georgia Army was here in March 1862. The Savannah Volunteer Guards were here in April 1862. The 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry was here in October and November 1862, and January 1863. The 5th Regiment Georgia Cavalry was here in January-May 1863, and again in May 1864.
Camp Bethesda (March-May 1862) (7th Battalion Georgia Infantry), located at the Bethesda Orphanage ten miles south of Savannah, and two miles from Camp Philips (2).
Camp Bird (April 1862) (Company H, 5th Regiment Georgia State Troops), located behind the Medical College of Savannah. Company A, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry was here in May 1862 to January 1863.
Camp Bonna Bella (December 1862 - March 1863) (20th Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located on the Bonna Bella Plantation, about seven miles south of Savannah.
Camp Brooks (July 1863) (Companies D and G, 5th Regiment Georgia Cavalry), a picket post camp located east of Savannah.
Camp Brown (3) (1862), located to the rear of the Roman Catholic (Cathedral) cemetery near Fort Brown (2). The 2nd Brigade Georgia State Troops was here in March-April 1862. Company A, 3rd Regiment Georgia State Troops was here in March 1862. The 4th Regiment Georgia State Troops was here in February-April 1862. The 7th Regiment Georgia State Troops was here in March 1862. Company B, Irish Jasper Greens (infantry) was here in February-April 1862. The Georgia Light Artillery was here in February-March 1862. The 50th Regiment Georgia Infantry was here in May-July 1862. The 12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers was here in November 1862.
Camp Buist (March 1863) (12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers), located near Savannah.
Camp Calhoun (1) (April 1862) (4th Battalion Georgia Infantry), located six miles south of Savannah, adjacent to marsh near Isle of Hope. The 60th Regiment Georgia Infantry was next here in April-June 1862.
Camp Candler (April-May 1861) (Companies A and E, 2nd Regiment Georgia Infantry), located near Savannah.
Camp Capers (January 1862) (7th Regiment Georgia State Troops), located five miles west of Savannah on the Georgia Central Railroad. Company A, 3rd Regiment Georgia State Troops was here in February 1862.
Camp Capes Baley (July 1861) (Georgia State Troops), a picket post camp located about four to five miles from the main regimental camp near Savannah (unknown location).
Camp at Causten's Bluff (December 1861 - June 1862) (13th (Ector's) Regiment Georgia Infantry, and the Columbus Artillery, Croft's Battery Georgia Light Artillery), located on St. Augustine Creek four miles east of Savannah. The 29th Regiment Georgia Infantry was here in April-August 1862. The 47th Regiment Georgia Infantry was here in April-June 1862 (see also Camp Stonewall Jackson below). The 25th Regiment Georgia Infantry was next here in June-December 1862.
Camp Cedar Bluff (July-August 1862) (Company G, 25th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located on a bluff about three-fourths of one mile south of Savannah. The 2nd Battalion Georgia State Troops (Taylor's Battalion) was also here sometime in 1862.
Camp Cleghorn (September 1861 - April 1862) (Chatham Artillery), located on Bulloch's old lot on Isle of Hope.
Camp Cobb (1) (April 1864) (1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia), located on Whitemarsh Island, in "Whitman's Retreat", about seven miles from Savannah.
Camp Colston (December 1863) (57th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located on the parade grounds behind Savannah City Park (present Forsyth Park).
Camp Columbus (March-May 1862) (Terrell Light Artillery, Brook's Battery), located near Isle of Hope, and two miles from Skidaway Island.
Camp Croft (September-November 1862) (Columbus Artillery, Croft's Battery Georgia Light Artillery), located on the Grove River at Cheves' Landing, three miles below Camp Miller (2) and 16 miles from Savannah.
Camp Sam Crump (May-July 1863) (12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers), located on Isle of Hope. The Savannah Volunteer Guards, 18th Infantry Battalion was here only in May 1863.
Camp Cumming (October 1861 - May 1862) (Companies B, C, and E, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located near the Isle of Hope Church, seven and one-half miles from Savannah. Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry was here in January-March 1862.
Camp Davant (October 1861) (2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located at the Wimberly Plantation on Isle of Hope. The 5th Regiment Georgia Cavalry was later here in May-October 1863.
Camp Davis (9) (March 1862) (Company C, 21st Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located near Savannah.
Camp Debtford (March 1862) (Company A, 13th (Styles') Regiment Georgia Infantry), located on the Debtford Plantation, east of Savannah and near Fort Lee. Company A (Irish Jasper Greens), 1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia was here in April 1862. The 29th Regiment Georgia Infantry was here in May-July 1862.
Camp Defiance (February 1862) (4th Regiment Georgia State Troops, and 2nd Battalion Georgia State Troops, Taylor's Battalion), located two miles south or east of Savannah, and two miles from the Savannah River.
Camp Dens (June 1863, and October 1864) (32nd Regiment Georgia Infantry), located near Savannah.
Camp Drayton (May-July 1862) (Company D (Read's Artillery), 1st Georgia Regulars), located six miles from Savannah, and 14 miles from Camp Houston.
Camp Edla (June 1862 - January 1863) (2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located on the southwest common of Savannah, east of Laurel Grove Cemetery, and six and one-half miles from Camp Rose on Rose Hill.
Camp Evans (1) (November 1861) (1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia), located to the rear of the city jail in Savannah.
Camp Fair Lawn (March 1863) (Georgia State Militia), likely located at the Fair Lawn Plantation, about three miles southeast of Savannah.
Camp Fanny H_ (summer 1863) (CSA Signal Corps), located near Fort Thunderbolt (2).
Camp Fleetwood (July 1864) (27th Battalion Georgia Infantry), located at the Fleetwood Plantation on Whitemarsh Island. Companies D and E, 1st (Symon's) Regiment Georgia Infantry Reserves were here in August 1864.
Camp Forest (1) (November 1862 - February 1863) (Capt. Anderson Jr's. Company of Partisan Rangers), located near Coffee Bluff.
Camp Gordon (1) (February 1863) (63rd Regiment Georgia Infantry), located at Fort Thunderbolt (2) on St. Augustine Creek. This camp was usually and better known as Camp at Thunderbolt Battery (1) (January-April 1862, and April-December 1863) (63rd Regiment Georgia Infantry).
Camp Habersham (April-June 1862) (Company F (Chatham Light Horse), 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located at White Bluff.
Camp Hardee (1) (April-June 1862) (Chatham Artillery), located in a field near Ferguson's place, just over one mile from the Bethesda Orphanage.
Camp Hardee (2) (June-November 1862) (30th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located one-half mile below Thunderbolt, and two and one-half miles from Camp Bartow (4).
Camp Harkie (December 1861 - March 1862) (1st Regiment Georgia State Troops), located four miles west of Savannah on the Georgia Central Railroad.
Camp Hite (early 1865) (1st Regiment Georgia Militia), located near Savannah. This camp was used for several months.
Camp Hook (June-July 1862) (Sam Robinson Artillery, Capt. Martin's Company), located near Savannah.
Camp Hoover (September 1861) (Company A, Georgia Hussars (cavalry)), located in the community of Hooverville in Savannah, at Gwinnett and West Broad Streets.
Camp Hope (March-April 1862) (Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located near the church on Isle of Hope.
Camp Houston (July-November 1862) (Company D (Read's Artillery), 1st Georgia Regulars), located at Coffee Bluff on the Little Ogeechee River. Shelled by a Union gunboat in November 1862.
Camp Iverson (1a) (November-December 1861) (5th and 6th Regiments Georgia State Troops), originally located five miles from Cherokee Hill, near the railroad. Relocated to Cherokee Hill in December 1861, retaining the camp name.
Camp Iverson (1b) (December 1861 - February 1862) (3rd, 5th, and 6th Regiments Georgia State Troops), located on Cherokee Hill, eight miles from Savannah on the Savannah and Charleston Railroad.
Camp Iverson (2) (April-June 1863) (Terrell Light Artillery, Brook's Battery), located at Johnson's Landing.
Camp Jackson (1) (January-April 1862) (3rd Brigade Georgia State Troops), located on the parade grounds to the rear of the Savannah City Park (Forsyth Park). The 3rd Brigade was composed of the 8th, 9th, and 10th Regiments Georgia State Troops, the 3rd Battalion Georgia State Troops, the Macon German Artillery, and the Bibb Cavalry. Other units here at the time also included Company H, 7th Regiment Georgia State Troops (March 1862), the 11th Regiment Georgia State Troops (March 1862), and the 8th Battalion Georgia Infantry (March-April 1862). This was previously known as Camp Lawton (1) until late January 1862 when renamed upon the 3rd Brigade's arrival to the camp as winter quarters. Renamed again as Camp William Duncan Smith in October 1862 (see also).
Camp Jackson (3) (May-November 1862) (Terrell Light Artillery, Brook's Battery), located on the Thunderbolt Road, within 2.5 miles of Savannah. The 9th Regiment Infantry, Georgia State Guards was later here in September-December 1863.
Camp Stonewall Jackson (June-August 1862) (Chatham Artillery), located at Causten's Bluff. This was previously the camp site of the 47th Regiment Georgia Infantry (see above).
Camp Jasper (November 1861 - January 1862), located about two miles northwest of Savannah, on and around the Ten Broeck Racetrack of the Savannah Jockey Club, about 200 yards northeast of the railroad, and near Jasper Spring. Also known as Camp Race Course in early references. Located here were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th Regiments Georgia State Troops, the 1st Battalion Georgia State Troops, and the Bibb Cavalry (December 1861). Renamed Camp Lee (3) in January 1862 (see also).
Camp Johnson (2) (July 1862) (Company I, 25th Regiment Georgia Infantry), a picket post camp located near the residence of a Mr. Barclay, near the Little Ogeechee River bridge on the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad.
Camp Jones (2) (August 1864) (Guerard's Battery, Georgia Light Artillery), located near White Bluff.
Camp Jordan (February-April 1863) (1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters), located near the commons in Savannah. The 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry was also here in April 1863.
Camp Lawton (1) (April 1861 - January 1862), located on the parade grounds to the rear of Savannah City Park (Forsyth Park). Numerous different infantry units were here at various times, several only in transit. The Troup Artillery was here in April-July 1861. Renamed Camp Jackson (1) in late January 1862 (see also).
Camp Lee (2) (November 1861 - April 1862), located on the White Bluff Road about two miles south of Savannah, within sight of Battery Harrison. Located here was the 7th Regiment Georgia State Troops (November 1861 - February 1862), the 2nd Regiment Georgia State Troops (January 1862), the 6th Regiment Georgia State Troops (March 1862), the 2nd Battalion Georgia State Troops (January 1862), and the 1st Battalion Georgia State Troops (April 1862).
Camp Lee (3) (1862), the renamed Camp Jasper after January 1862. Company K (Wise Guards), 25th Regiment Georgia Infantry was here from August to October 1862.
Camp Lee (4) (November 1862 - February 1863) (Chestatee Artillery), located on the Skidaway Road, about three and one-half miles south of Savannah.
Camp Lovers Lane (November 1862) (1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia), located on Lovers Lane south of Savannah.
Camp Mackey (March-August 1862), a picket post camp located on high ground within a rice field at Mackey's Point on the Savannah River at St. Augustine Creek. Used by elements of the 29th Regiment Georgia Infantry (March, April, and May 1862), the 25th Regiment Georgia Infantry, Company A (June and July 1862), and the 47th Regiment Georgia Infantry, Company D (June 1862) and Company H (July-August 1862). (see also Camp Troupe (1))
Camp McAlpin (December 1864) (3rd Brigade Georgia State Troops), probably located somewhere near Savannah. This was the headquarters of the brigade at the time.
Camp McEnery (November-December 1862) (Company D (Read's Artillery), 1st Georgia Regulars), located two miles from Savannah.
Camp McIntyre (January 1864) (12th Regiment Georgia Militia), located near Savannah.
Camp Marshall (November 1861 - January 1862) (Company D (Read's Artillery), 1st Georgia Regulars), located near Coffee Bluff.
Camp Mercer (2) (April-June 1862) (38th Regiment Georgia Infantry, and Jo Thompson Artillery, and Chestatee Artillery), located near or adjacent to Camp Berrien, near the toll gate on the White Bluff Road.
Camp Mercer (3) (June-July 1862) (detachment, 50th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located near Battery Walker (location ?).
Camp Mercer (5) (August-November 1862) (21st Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located near Savannah.
Camp Mercer (6) (November 1862 - April 1863) (Columbus Artillery, Croft's Battery Georgia Light Artillery), located on the Skidaway Road, about three and one-half miles from Savannah.
Camp Mercer (7) (November 1862 - April 1863) (12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers), located about 400 yards from Camp Brown (3), near Fort Brown (2), behind the Cathedral (Hillcrest Abbey) Cemetery about one and one-half mile from Savannah.
Camp Mercer (9) (December 1863 - May 1864) (Clinch's Battery, Georgia Light Artillery), undetermined location. Possibly the same (?) as Camp Mercer (8) in Appling County (see page 4).
Camp Millen (June-October 1862) (20th Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located on a bluff one-half mile towards Fort Jackson (1) from Causten's Bluff.
Camp Miller (1) (June 1862) (Company C, 20th Battalion Georgia Cavalry, and Company C, 21st Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located near the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad depot. Possibly the same as Camp Miller (2) (below).
Camp Miller (2) (August-November 1862) (Columbus Artillery, Croft's Battery Georgia Light Artillery), located one mile from Miller Station (Station No. 1) on the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad, on the west side of the Grove River. Also three miles from Camp Croft.
Camp Morgan (July-December 1862) (Savannah Volunteer Guards, 18th Infantry Battalion), located east of the city hospital in Savannah.
Camp Neely (1863), located near the Catholic (Cathedral) Cemetery east of Savannah. The 1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia (four companies, including the DeKalb Riflemen) was here in January 1863. The 12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers (five companies) was here in February 1863.
Camp Nix (August-October 1862) (Company D, 25th Regiment Georgia Infantry), a picket post camp located at the Great Ogeechee River railroad bridge.
Camp Ogeechee (December 1862 - April 1863) (Terrell Light Artillery, Brook's Battery), located near the Ogeechee River railroad bridge.
Camp Olmstead (November-December 1862) (DeKalb Riflemen, 1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia), located near Savannah.
Camp Pembrook (Pembroke) (October 1863, and January-March 1864, and May 1864) (Maxwell's Battalion, Georgia Light Artillery), located six and one-half miles south of Savannah, on the Pembrook (Pembroke) Plantation, directly on the river.
Camp Philips (1) (January-May 1862) (27th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located at the Beaulieu Plantation on the Vernon River, ten miles south of Savannah. The 7th Battalion Georgia Infantry was also here in February-March 1862. The 27th Regiment was re-designated as the 31st Regiment in March 1862 while here (see also Camp Beaulieu (2) above).
Camp Price (1) (November-December 1862) (Company C, 30th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located near Savannah.
Camp Race Course, the early name, and the same as, Camp Jasper (see also).
Camp Randolph (3) (September and December 1862) (1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters), probably located near Savannah.
Camp Read (March 1862) (Company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry (aka Company B, Georgia Hussars)), located three miles from Adam's Point on Skidaway Island.
Camp Ripley (June 1863) (1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia), located on Isle of Hope.
Camp Roberts (May-October 1863) (22nd Battalion Georgia Heavy Artillery), located four miles south of Savannah, near Fort Thunderbolt (2). Company E, 1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia was here in August 1863.
Camp Rockwell (October 1861) (part of 27th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located near Savannah.
Camp Rose (May-December 1862) (2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located on Rose Hill, three and one-half miles from White Bluff, and five and one-half miles from Coffee Bluff, and six and one-half miles from Savannah.
Camp Sans (June 1863) (12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers), probably located near Savannah.
Camp Screven (May-June 1863) (Savannah Volunteer Guards, 18th Infantry Battalion), located on Isle of Hope. Company C, 25th Regiment Georgia Infantry was apparently here earlier in November 1861 to January 1862.
Camp Semmes (2) (January-February 1863, and October 1863 - March 1864) (24th Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located on Isle of Hope, nine miles from Savannah.
Camp Shorter (February-March 1862) (Napier Artillery, 3rd Brigade Georgia State Troops), located about two miles from Savannah, on a Dr. Cuyler's farm.
Camp Siege Train (October 1863 - April 1864) (Siege Train, Georgia Artillery), located seven miles south of Savannah, at Harrack's place near Isle of Hope. Company A, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry was here from June 1863 to April 1864. Company C, 12th Battalion Georgia Volunteers (detached from the battalion and assigned to the Siege Train, Georgia Artillery) was apparently here earlier in February-April 1863.
Camp Skidaway (August 1861 - February 1862) (Company F, 1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia), located on the north end of Skidaway Island, at the gun batteries on the Skidaway River. The 4th Battalion Georgia Infantry was also here from October 1861 to March 1862. Company A, Georgia Hussars (cavalry) was here earlier in June 1861.
Camp Smith (1) (May-June 1862) (8th Battalion Georgia Infantry, and 25th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located on the Thunderbolt Road, four miles from Causten's Bluff.
Camp William Duncan Smith (October 1862 - May 1863) (32nd Regiment Georgia Infantry), located on the parade grounds to the rear of the Savannah City Park (Forsyth Park), about two and one-half miles north of Battery Harrison on the White Bluff Road. Previously known as Camp Jackson (1) (see also). This was the headquarters camp of the regiment at the time.
Camp Starke (January 1862) (Company F (Georgia Rangers), 2nd Regiment Georgia State Troops), located near Savannah.
Camp Stewart (Stuart) (June 1863) (Columbus Artillery, Croft's Battery Georgia Light Artillery), located near Savannah.
Camp Symons (April-May 1862) (Chatham Siege Artillery), located at Battery Harrison, three and one-half miles south of Savannah on the White Bluff Road.
Camp Taliaferro (1) (March 1863) (32nd Regiment Georgia Infantry), located seven miles south of Savannah, one-half mile from Fort Wimberly.
Camp Taliaferro (2) (June-July 1863) (Savannah Volunteer Guards, 18th Infantry Battalion), located near the city hospital in Savannah.
Camp Tattnall (1) (June 1861) (Savannah Volunteer Guards), located near Savannah. Possibly the same site as Camp Tattnall (2) below.
Camp Tattnall (2) (February-April 1862) (29th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located on the east side of the White Bluff Road, one mile from Camp Lawton (1), and one mile from Camp Wilson (1), about where the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad crosses.
Camp Taylor (1) (January 1862) (Company F (Chatham Light Horse), 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located east of Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Camp Thunderbolt (2) (February-April 1862, and May 1862) (25th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located near Thunderbolt on St. Augustine Creek. (This was not the same as the Camp at Thunderbolt Battery (1).)
Camp at Thunderbolt Battery (1) (January-April 1862, and April-December 1863) (63rd Regiment Georgia Infantry), located at Fort Thunderbolt (2) on St. Augustine Creek, four miles southeast of Savannah.
Camp Troup (Troupe) (1), located three and one-half miles east of Savannah, on the road to Causten's Bluff, and about six miles from Mackey's Point. Used in support of Fort Lee and as a support camp for Camp Mackey at Mackey's Point. Located here was the 25th Regiment Georgia Infantry (Companies C and E) (August-October 1862), the 29th Regiment Georgia Infantry (Company I) (September-October 1862), and the 47th Regiment Georgia Infantry (Company D) (September 1863).
Camp Vernon (April-July 1862) (Company D (Georgia Hussars) and Company B (Screven Troop), 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry), located at the Beaulieu Plantation on the Vernon River.
Camp Walker (1) (December 1861 - January 1862) (3rd Brigade Georgia State Troops, Walker's Brigade), located four and one-half miles from Savannah, about midway between the Georgia Central and the Charleston and Savannah Railroads, on level ground the troops called "Biscuit Hill".
Camp Warner (April 1864) (1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia), located near Savannah (same as Camp Werner ?).
Camp Way (May-June 1862) (54th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located on the White Bluff Road.
Camp Werner (November 1863 - April 1864) (five companies of the 1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia), located four miles from Fort Bartow (1), which was near Causten's Bluff. The City Light Guards, the Tattnall Guards, the German Volunteers, the Washington Volunteers, and Company B of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, were here at various times.
Camp Wheaton (March-May 1864) (five companies of the 1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia), located 11 miles from Coffee Bluff, four miles from Fort Bartow (1), and seven miles from Whitemarsh Island. Probably the same companies as Camp Werner, each here at various times.
Camp on Whitemarsh Island (October-November 1864) (Maxwell's Battalion, Georgia Light Artillery), located on Whitemarsh Island.
Camp Williams (3) (July-December 1862, and February 1863) (47th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located one and one-half mile from Savannah, in an open field to the rear of the city jail, and five miles from Mackey's Point. Companies A and H, 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry were also here in March 1863.
Camp Williams (4) (May-June 1864) (1st Georgia Regulars), located at the Fleetwood Plantation on Whitemarsh Island, eight miles from Greenwich Point.
Camp Wilson (1) (November 1861 - February 1862) (25th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located three and one-half miles south of Savannah, on the White Bluff Road, two miles from Camp Lawton (1) and one mile from Camp Tatnall (2). The 27th Regiment Georgia Infantry was also here from November 1861 to January 1862. The 29th Regiment Georgia Infantry was also here in December 1861 to February 1862.
Camp Wright (1) (January 1864) (12th (Wright's) Regiment Cavalry, Georgia State Guards), located near Savannah.
Camp Young (2) (March-May 1862, November 1862, and January-February 1863) (25th Regiment Georgia Infantry), located near Judge Lyon's house near Savannah. Also here was the 29th Regiment Georgia Infantry (March-May 1862, September 1862, and January-April 1863), the 30th Regiment Georgia Infantry (November-December 1862, January 1863, February-April 1863, and May 1863), and the 2nd (Storey's) Regiment Infantry, Georgia State Line (February-May 1863).
Camp Zollicoffer (January-February 1862) (Jo Thompson Artillery), located on Skidaway Island, one mile from Waring's Landing, and one-fourth mile from the Lower Battery.

Camp Davidson
(1864), Savannah
A stockaded Confederate POW camp located at the old U.S. Marine Hospital on the eastern edge of the city. Built to house Union POWs transferred from camps at Macon and Andersonville as Union cavalry raids advanced through the state. The camp was abandoned after only six weeks (July - August 1864). See also Civil War Prisons in Georgia from the New Georgia Encyclopedia

Camp Onward
(1898 - 1899), Thunderbolt
A Spanish-American War embarkation camp for troops assigned occupation duty in Cuba. Located primarily along East Victory Drive and Shell Road. Originally briefly named Camp Fitzhugh Lee. The camp hospital was located in the Ardsley Park area. See also The Spanish-American War in Georgia from the New Georgia Encyclopedia

Thunderbolt Fort (1)
(1734), Thunderbolt
A colonial militia fort was built here to protect settlers. It was reported to be in ruins by 1737.

Wormsloe Fort
(Wormsloe Plantation State Historic Site)
(1733 - 1775), Isle of Hope
Tabby ruins of a fortified colonial house. A small wooden blockhouse known as Noble Jones' Fort was originally here in 1733 until replaced with the tabby house in 1741. The tabby house, completed in 1745, was fortified until 1775. The present plantation house was built by Jones' grandson in 1828. Admission fee. See also New Georgia Encyclopedia entry | Another website from NPS (Golden Crescent)

CSA earthworks (Fort Wimberly) are also located on the grounds (see above).

Skidaway Island Fort
(1734 - 1738), Skidaway Island
A settlers' fort was built on the northeast point of the island along the Wilmington River.

Scouts' Fort
(1735), Green Island
A SC colonial militia ranger fort and coastal patrol boat base located at the mouth of the Little Ogeechee River.

Camp at Beaulieu's Plantation (1)
(1779), near Montgomery
The French fleet under Vice Admiral Jean-Baptiste Charles Henri Hector Theodat, Comte d'Estaing, landed 3,500 troops at Beaulieu's Plantation on the Vernon River in September 1779 to begin joint operations with the Southern Continental Army against British-held Savannah. The attack failed, and the French fleet returned to the West Indies in October.

Confederate troops were later encamped here in the summer of 1862 (see above).

¤ COAST DEFENSES of SAVANNAH (see also Hilton Head, SC)
Harbor Defense of Savannah - FORT WIKI

¤ Fort Pulaski (National Monument)
(1829 - 1880, 1898 - 1903), Cockspur Island
British Fort George (1) (1761 - 1772), an 11-gun 100-foot square palisaded redoubt with a 40-square foot blockhouse, was originally located here. The ruins were dismantled by Patriots in December 1778 to deny its use by the British. Next came American Fort Greene (1) (1794 - 1804), an irregular work with an outer battery, but it was destroyed by a hurricane. The Cockspur Island Lighthouse was first built in 1839, rebuilt in 1854.

Construction of Fort Pulaski was begun in 1829, was formally named in 1833, and was essentially completed by 1847, although minor work continued. There was no Federal troop garrison in place except for two caretakers when the Confederates seized and occupied the fort in January 1861. The Confederates built Long Island Battery was just west of the fort. The Confederate garrison consisted of Company B, Oglethorpe Light Infantry (September 1861 - April 1862), and elements of the 1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia (October 1861 - April 1862). The fort was armed with only 48 guns by February 1862. The Union siege and recapture in April 1862 with long-range rifled heavy artillery would prove the obsolesence of static masonry forts. The outer walls are pockmarked with many battle scars, testifying to the ferocity of the battle. The fort was then used by the Union (after October 1864) as a POW camp, and later (post war) as a Federal prison. Union batteries on Tybee Island used in the siege of Fort Pulaski included: Batteries Totten (four mortars), McClellan (four guns), Sigel (six guns), Scott (four guns), Halleck (two mortars) (still exists), Sherman (three mortars), Burnside (one mortar), Lincoln (three guns), Lyon (three guns), Grant (three mortars), and Stanton (three mortars). Other Union siege batteries included Battery Vulcan on Venus Point, Jones Island; and Battery Hamilton (six guns) across the channel on Bird's Island (marker erected 2004). The demilune was rebuilt in 1873 - 1875 with nine new gun platforms and four magazines. The fort's war damaged walls were repaired, but no other modifications were done. In 1897 two 15-inch SML Rodmans were still emplaced here. During the Spanish-American War (1898 - 1899) the demilune was rearmed with one modern M1888 8-inch BL gun on M1892 barbette carriage, and a mining casemate was added (replacing two older gun platforms). Became a National Monument in 1924, restored by the CCC in 1933. Admission fee. State Marker

Battery Hambright (1899 - 1903 ?) (two 3-inch) is just outside the fort. It was part of Fort Screven (see listing below). The entire island became a Navy and Coast Guard section base during WWII, and the fort was not reopened to the public until 1947. Two large Navy ammunition bunkers are still located west of the present Coast Guard Station.

¤ Fort Screven (2)
(1897 - 1944), Tybee Island
The island was first reserved for the military in 1875 but no work was ever done. Construction was started in 1897 for Fort Tybee (2) (or Tybee Barracks) and Camp Graham (1898). Formally renamed in 1899. The Tybee Island Lighthouse (admission fee) is located within the fort reservation, and the Tybee Museum (since 1961) is housed inside Battery Garland. The lighthouse was first built in 1773 and rebuilt in 1867. Endicott batteries built here are Battery Garland (1899 - 1942) (one 12-inch barbette), Battery Habersham (1900 - 1928) (eight 12-inch mortars), Battery Fenwick (1898 - 1920) (one 12-inch barbette) built on, Battery Brumby (1898 - 1917) (four 8-inch DC) partially built on, Battery Backus (1899 - 1920, originally one 6-inch Armstrong, two 4.7-inch Armstrongs added in 1900) built on, and Battery Gantt (1904 - 1920) (two 3-inch). Battery Hambright (1899 - 1903 ?) (two 3-inch) was located at Fort Pulaski (see above listing). Another battery (unnamed) was located on Wassaw Island (1898 - 1899) (two 4.7-inch Armstrong) (see below listing). In 1924 the post was transferred from the Coast Artillery to the Infantry. During WWII Army Engineer diving and salvaging units trained here. Several post buildings still exist, most have been modified for private houses in this seaside community. The Tybee Post Theater (built 1930) has been restored for public use. State Marker at the Tybee Museum (Battery Garland).

A blockhouse may have been built here in 1736 by James Oglethorpe. British Fort Tybee (1) was built here in December 1778 soon after Savannah was occupied. It was abandoned shortly before French and Patriot troops took the island in September - October 1779 during the unsuccessful siege of the city. In 1815 Tybee Tower, a Martello tower with an exterior battery, was located near the old lighthouse. No longer used by the time of the Civil War except as a signal station. It was finally destroyed by the Army in 1914 as it was considered an obstruction within the field of fire for the modern gun batteries.

CSA Camp Tybee (April 1861) (Columbus Guards) was located about one-half mile from King Landing on Tybee Island.
CSA Camp Jackson of Alexandria (May-June 1861) (1st Georgia Regulars) was located 300 yards behind the old Tybee Island Lighthouse. Named after the early Southern hero James M. Jackson of Alexandria, VA, killed there at the Marshall House inn in May 1861.
CSA Camp Mercer (1) (July-October 1861) was on Tybee Island, the regimental headquarters camp at the time for the 1st (Olmstead's) Volunteer Regiment of Georgia. Also here was the 25th Regiment Georgia Infantry (July-November 1861), and Company A (Effingham Hussars), 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry.
CSA Camp Williams (1) (July 1861) (1st Georgia Regulars), was on Tybee Island. The 1st Georgia then transferred to Virginia in July 1861.
A CSA two-gun battery (Tybee Island Battery) was also located here in May-July 1861, built and manned by the 1st Georgia Regulars. The guns were relocated to Fort Pulaski when the unit left for Virginia.
The island was abandoned in November 1861 when the Union arrived at nearby Hilton Head, SC. The Union then established Tybee Island Post here, and held the island throughout the rest of the war.
See also Historic Tybee Island from the Savannah Images Project
Tybee Island History from NPS

TEMPORARY HARBOR DEFENSES of SAVANNAH
A temporary battery of four 155mm guns in sand revetments (no Panama mounts) was located here on the beach at Fort Screven in WWII (1942 - 1944). A joint Army-Navy Harbor Entrance Control Post (HECP) was also located here at Fort Screven.

¤ Wassaw Island Military Reservation
(Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge)
(1861 - 1865, 1898 - 1900), Wassaw Island
During the Spanish-American War an unnamed concrete gun battery was located here on Cape Charlotte. The two guns (two 4.7-inch Armstrong) were removed in 1899 (transferred to Battery Backus at Fort Screven in 1900), and the island was then abandoned. The concrete remnants are now located in the surf zone. Once referred to locally as Fort Morgan, the Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources officially named the site Battery Henry Sims Morgan in 2006. Public day-use visitation allowed, boat access only.

The island was originally the location of a CSA gun battery early in the Civil War. The Union then established Wassaw Island Post here after capturing Tybee Island in November 1861.

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