Savannah

Colonial Park Cemetery

Cemetery · 200 E Oglethorpe Ave, Savannah, GA 31401

Savannah's oldest surviving burial ground, established in 1750, contains graves of numerous Revolutionary War-era figures and includes a mass burial area associated with deaths during the 1779 siege. Button Gwinnett, Georgia's signer of the Declaration of Independence, is buried here. The cemetery was used as a Union Army camp during the Civil War, and some markers were disturbed during that period.

Factor's Walk and River Street

Landmark · River St, Savannah, GA 31401

The historic warehouse district along the Savannah River bluff preserves the commercial infrastructure of colonial Savannah. Factor's Walk — the elevated walkway connecting the bluff warehouses — dates from the colonial period and was part of the commercial landscape Patriot and Loyalist merchants competed over during the Revolutionary War. The area gives a sense of Savannah's economic geography as a river port.

Georgia Historical Society Research Center

Museum · 501 Whitaker St, Savannah, GA 31401

The oldest historical institution in the Deep South, founded in 1839, holds the most extensive collection of Georgia Revolutionary War manuscripts including the Habersham Family Papers, Bryan Family Papers, and British occupation administrative records from 1778–1782. The GHS is the essential starting point for research on the Savannah sieges and the Georgia Revolutionary War experience.

Independent Presbyterian Church (Site)

Church · 25 W Oglethorpe Ave, Savannah, GA 31401

Organized in 1755, Independent Presbyterian Church was the spiritual home of many of Savannah's Patriot families during the Revolutionary War period. The church's congregation included members who served in the Patriot government and military. The current structure (1890) replaces earlier buildings; the site has been in continuous congregation use since the colonial period and anchors Savannah's Patriot civic heritage.

Pulaski Monument (Monterey Square)

Monument · Monterey Square, Savannah, GA 31401

The monument to Count Casimir Pulaski in Monterey Square marks the reputed location of his remains, confirmed by DNA analysis in 2019. The monument was completed in 1854 and became one of Savannah's most prominent landmarks. The 2019 forensic analysis, which confirmed the skeletal remains beneath the monument are indeed Pulaski's, resolved a long-standing historical debate about where he was actually buried.

Savannah Battlefield Memorial Park (Spring Hill Redoubt)

Battlefield · Louisville Rd, Savannah, GA 31401

The site of the Spring Hill Redoubt, the British fortification where the Franco-American assault of October 9, 1779 was stopped with heavy casualties. The park preserves the approximate location of the redoubt and commemorates the deaths of Pulaski and Jasper in the assault. Archaeological work has located remains of the fortification earthworks beneath the modern surface.