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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NB_henry-ford-at-richmond-hill_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
In 1925, Henry Ford of Detroit, Mich., a leading American automobile pioneer who perfected the assembly line concept of auto manufacturing, began acquiring large tracts of land on both sides of the nearby Ogeechee River. He sponsored extensive agr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10MK_courthouse-annex_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
This wood-frame structure, situated on a site known since the creation of Bryan County in 1793 as "the Crossroads", was built in 1939 with funding provided by Henry Ford. The building came to be familiarly called "the Courthouse" by local citizens…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOI_fort-argyle_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
Near here, on the West bank of the Ogeechee River, Fort Argyle was built in 1733, to command one of the main passes by which enemy Indians had recently invaded South Carolina, and to give protection to the settlers of Savannah from anticipated rai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMX_kilpatrick-on-bryan-neck_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
On Dec. 12, 1864, the 3rd Cavalry Division [US], Brig. Gen. J. L. Kilpatrick, USA, covering the right rear of Gen. Sherman`s army which was then closing in on Savannah, crossed the Great Ogeechee River near Fort Argyle and the Canoochee River near…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMR_fort-mcallister_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
East 4.5 miles, on Great Ogeechee River, Fort McAllister was built 1861-62 to guard the "back door" to Savannah. During 1862-63, it repulsed 7 attacks by armored vessels, some mounting 15-inch guns. Dec. 13, 1864, its small garrison of 230 Georgia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC8Q_bryan-neck-presbyterian-church_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
This church, the oldest congregation in lower Bryan County, was certified by the Presbytery of Georgia in 1830. Its founders included rice planters on Bryan Neck, among them Thomas Savage Clay, Richard James Arnold and George Washington McAllister…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAI1_machinery-from-the-c-s-s-nashville_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
These portions of rotating machinery wereremoved, in 1960, from the wreck of the Confederate blockade runner Nashville,sunk in the Ogeechee River by shell fire fromthe U.S.S. Montauk in Feb. 1863.These relics give some conception of thepower of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAI0_sinking-of-the-css-nashville-rattlesnake_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
In July, 1862 the CSS "Nashville", Capt. Baker, ran the Union blockade and entered Savannah via Wilmington river with a cargo of arms. Loaded with cotton for Europe, she attempted to escape via Ossabaw Sound. Thwarted by the vigilance of the block…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAHZ_fort-mcallister-the-assault-from-the-rear_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
Dec. 1864. Fort McAllister, built 1861-62 to close the Great Ogeechee River to enemy ships, mounted 11 siege guns, 12 field pieces and 1 10-inch mortar. Below it, piles and torpedoes obstructed the channel. As the Union forces neared Savannah, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAHY_fort-mcallister-the-naval-bombardments_Richmond-Hill-GA.html
On July 1st and 29th, 1862, the fort was shelled by Union gunboats and on Nov. 19th by the ironclad "Wissahickon" and two escort craft. Hit below the waterline, "Wissahickon" withdrew after firing 17 11-inch and 25 other shells. The escorts withdr…