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Battlefield Memorial Park (Central of Georgia Railroad Freight Yard)

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2005–2007, Coastal Heritage Society Design Group. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. at Old Louisville Rd.

Battlefield Memorial Park commemorates one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution, whose combatants reflected the international nature of the conflict. Here on October 9, 1779, a combined force of 5,500 American, French, and Haitian soldiers (as well as Swedish, Polish, and German troops), advanced on the British at Spring Hill Redoubt in a failed attempt to recapture the city, resulting in some 800 American and allied casualties (commemorated by squares of Georgia granite) compared to roughly 100 for the British. The site was later used by the Central as a freight yard for lumber, resin, and turpentine. The nearby repair shops were reached by a branch from the main line that crossed Louisville Road over an iron bridge (demolished in 1974) near the bottom of the hill. The (British) Spring Hill Redoubt was reconstructed by the Coastal Heritage Society in 2007 based on archaeological remains of the original structure identified by a marker to the west.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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What's Nearby

Savannah Visitors Center (Central of Georgia Passenger Depot)
Houses
Eichberg Hall, SCAD (Red Building, Central of Georgia Railroad)
Kiah Hall, SCAD (Gray Building, Central of Georgia Railroad)
SCAD Museum of Art (Up-Freight Warehouse, Central of Georgia Railroad)

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Battlefield Memorial Park (Central of Georgia Railroad Freight Yard)", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-7.1.6.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 128-128.

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