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Savannah Battlefield Memorial Park (Spring Hill Redoubt)

Battlefield

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.

Visiting Today

Address

Louisville Rd, Savannah, GA 31401

Connected Events

Dec 1778
Fall of Savannah — British Capture

Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell, Major General Robert Howe, Quamino Dolly

Sep 1779
French Fleet Arrives Off Savannah

Vice-Admiral Comte d'Estaing, Major General Benjamin Lincoln, General Augustine Prevost

Oct 1779
Franco-American Assault on Spring Hill Redoubt

Brigadier General Count Casimir Pulaski, Vice-Admiral Comte d'Estaing, Major General Benjamin Lincoln, Sergeant William Jasper

Oct 1779
Death of Count Casimir Pulaski

Brigadier General Count Casimir Pulaski

Oct 1779
Lincoln Withdraws — Siege Abandoned

Vice-Admiral Comte d'Estaing, Major General Benjamin Lincoln