 The new memorial park commemorates the spot where roughly 800 soldiers died in one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution, on October 9, 1779. On that day, more than 8,000 troops clashed for control of the city. French and American forces failed to wrest Savannah from British control. Eight-hundred granite markers (above) represent the soldiers who lost their lives, while a new sign (above right) greets visitors to the Spring Hill Redoubt, a representation of the British fortification in the battle.  A 13-star American flag flies atop a 50-foot staff at the foot of the battlefield (above). Crews re-installed a 96-year-old Sons of the Revolution marker on the field in early October. The marker sits directly atop the original location of the Spring Hill Redoubt, identified by archaeologists in 2005. Battlefield Memorial Park is a joint project of the City of Savannah, which invested roughly $175,000 for infrastructure on the city-owned property, and nonprofit Coastal Heritage Society, which led a private campaign that raised just under $500,000 for the memorial. |
Corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. & Lousiville Rd. in downtown Savannah,
GA. Dedicated October 9, 2007.
Crews re-installed a 96-year-old Sons
of the Revolution marker on the field in early October.
Aerial View of the Battlefield Memorial Park in July 2007
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