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Georgia Historical Society Research Center

Museum

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.

Visiting Today

Address

501 Whitaker St, Savannah, GA 31401

Hours

Mon–Fri 10am–5pm

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