Signal station on the Ogeechee at Fort McAllister

Savannah, Georgia,vicinity. Signal station on the Ogeechee at Fort McAllister

Here for your enjoyment is an exciting photograph of Savannah, Georgia,vicinity. Signal station on the Ogeechee at Fort McAllister. It was made in 1864.

The photo illustrates the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman at the sea, December 1864. After marching through Georgia for a month, Sherman stormed Fort McAllister on December 13, 1864 and captured Savannah itself 8 days later. These seven views are limited to the former stronghold and its dismantling preparatory to Sherman's further movement northward. This operation was ordered on December 24, and Gen. William B. Hazen [2d Division, 15th Corps] and Maj. Thomas W. Osborn, Chief of Artillery, had it completed by December 29, storing the guns at Fort Pulaski.

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Image ID# CF823E88
Ref: loc/Civil War Collection

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This Photograph Comes from the Collection:

• Civil War

And is Part of the Following Theme Groups:

• Artillery

• Forts

• Georgia