Savannah, GA

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Chatham County, GA
Date Type
Collision at sea sinks French steamer with significant loss of life Crime/Disasters
For the second time in two days, a steamship rescues the crew of a sinking vessel off South Carolina. Crime/Disasters
Forty passengers and crew drown when a steamer wrecks off the coast of North Carolina Crime/Disasters
Georgia seizes New York ships in reprisal for New York police confiscation of arms bound for Savannah Lawmaking/Litigating
- In Georgia, Confederate troops evacuate Savannah and Sherman's "March to the Sea" is complete Battles/Soldiers
In Georgia, General W.T. Sherman and his 62,000 men march out of a burning Atlanta, heading for the sea Battles/Soldiers
In Georgia, Vice-President A.H. Stephens pronounces slavery the foundation of the new Confederacy Slavery/Abolition
Juliette Low born in Savannah, Georgia Personal
New York City police seize almost a thousand muskets bound for Alabama Business/Industry
On the Georgia coast, U.S. Navy boat crews take control of Tybee Island Battles/Soldiers
The C.S.S. Atlanta attempts to attack the U.S. Navy off Savannah, Georgia and lasts fifteen minutes Battles/Soldiers
The Charleston and Savannah Railroad begins service Business/Industry
Union cavalry capture the fleeing Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family south of Macon, Georgia Lawmaking/Litigating
Sherman's March
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Name Type
Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, GA Location or Site
Date Title
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Runaway Slave in Brooklyn, N.Y.,” December 9, 1857
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Western Trade,” September 28, 1858
New York Times, “Arrest of a Supposed Slaver at Savannah,” January 21, 1859
New York Herald, “The African Slave Trade and the Law in the South,” February 17, 1859
New York Herald, “The Anti-Slavery Tactics,” March 10, 1859
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Medical Students,” December 26, 1859
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Suspicious Characters," December 29, 1859
New York Herald, “Slaves in New York,” July 23, 1860
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Reign of Terror in Georgia,” November 17, 1860
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Georgia Legislation," December 15, 1860
New York Times, “Arms for Traitors,” January 10, 1861
New York Herald, “The New York Vessels Seized by the State of Georgia,” March 17, 1861
Savannah (GA) News, “A Northern Invasion,” March 20, 1861
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Mr. Stephens’ Speech,” March 29, 1861
Newark (OH) Advocate, “Speech of Hon. Alex H. Stephens,” April 19, 1861
Abraham Lincoln to William T. Sherman, December 26, 1864
Major General Quincy A. Gillmore to Brigadier General E.D. Townsend, War Department, Washington, D.C., April 13, 1865
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