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19A Fort McAllister
3894 Fort McAllister Road
Fort McAllister, built between 1861-62 as the
“Guardian of Savannah” during the Civil War,
marked the end of Sherman’s March to the Sea. In
the 1930s, Henry Ford purchased and restored the
abandoned property, later opening it as a historic
site. Today, it operates as a Georgia State Park &
Historic Site, and has the best preserved earthworks
of the Confederacy. Open daily with an admission fee.

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19B The Sinking of the CSS
Nashville (marker and artifacts)
3894 Fort McAllister Rd.
(parking area of Visitor Center.)

The Confederate blockade runner, CSS Nashville,
aka Rattlesnake, ran aground on a sandbar near
Fort McAllister in the Ogeechee River and was
destroyed by the Union monitor Montauk on
February 28, 1863. The remnants lie about 1,200
yards west of the park’s fishing pier, with artifacts
displayed under the pavilion and in the museum
(admission fee).

Today, in addition to the fort and museum, Fort
McAllister is a beautiful location for camping,
boating, fishing, and picnicking.

Guale Village on Seven-Mile
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20 Bend Marker
3894 Fort McAllister Road

Across the Ogeechee River was the Guale
(pronounced wall-ee) village of Satuache,
about 10 miles northeast of the provincial capital
at Mission Santa Catalina on St. Catherines Island.
Artifacts at Seven-Mile Bend indicate Guale and
Spanish mission activity until around 1663. The
name Ogeechee, meaning “River of the Uchee,”
reflects the area’s indigenous heritage, and the
Seven-Mile Bend site is on the National
Register of Historic Places. The marker is at the
9 fishing pier at Fort McAllister.