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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2COP_the-savannah-and-ogeechee-canal_Savannah-GA.html
The Savannah and Ogeechee Canal was completed in 1830 after five years of construction using African slave and Irish immigrant labor, including many women. More than sixteen miles in length, its depth was maintained relatively constant by six lock…
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Founded 1742VernonburgHas been placed on theNational Register of Historic PlacesBy the United States Department of the Interior June 22, 1990
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWA7_savannah-ogeechee-canal_Savannah-GA.html
Chartered in 1824, the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal was constructed between 1826 and 1830 by African and Irish laborers who moved thousands of cubic yards of earth. A boon to Georgia's economy, the canal moved cotton, rice, bricks, and natural fertiliz…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNDB_st-josephs-hospital_Savannah-GA.html
In 1841, under the inspiration of Sister Catherine McAuley of Dublin, Ireland, a group of Sisters of Mercy came to the United States to establish infirmaries and schools to minister to the poor and sick immigrants. In 1845, the Sisters of Mercy ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7SP_the-15th-corps-at-the-savannah-and-ogeechee-canal_Savannah-GA.html
On Dec. 6 1864, the 15th Corps [US], Maj. Gen. P. J. Osterhaus, USA, the extreme right of Gen. Sherman's army on its destructive March to the Sea, forced a crossing of Great Ogeechee River at Jenk's Bridge (US 80 east of Blitchton) and drove the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5ZX_nicholsonboro_Savannah-GA.html
Nicholsonboro Community grew out of the turmoil of the last year of the Civil War and the first years of Reconstruction. General W. T. Sherman's Special Field Order No. 15 reserved the sea islands from Charleston southward, plus abandoned rice fie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3GL_capture-of-the-uss-water-witch_Savannah-GA.html
In May, 1864, the USS "Water Witch" (80 officers and men and 4 guns), Lt. Comdr. Austin Pendergrast, USN, was on patrol duty in Ossabaw Sound. On the 31st, Flag Officer Wm. W. Hunter, CSN, assigned Lt. Thos. P. Pelot, CSN, to command a boat expedi…
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