Memorial To The American Revolution
Battlefield Memorial Park
To Arms !
The 800 stones before you have three meanings:
› They represent the approximate number of
soldiers killed or wounded in Savannah on the
foggy morning of October 9, 1779.
› The stones are arranged as a column, with ten
soldiers across. The French and American allies
formed five such columns of men to attack the
fortified British.
› Inscribed on the stones are the names and
stories of people throughout the entire
Revolutionary struggle from all the states,
countries and cultures involved.
To your left stands a granite marker identifying
the location of the Spring Hill redoubt, one of
14 British earth fortifications surrounding
Savannah in 1779. It was here that the
thousands in the French and other allied American
columns tried to smash through the hundreds
of British and loyalists defending this area.
The allied columns were meant to attack
simultaneously, in overwhelming force. Due to
poor communication, they arrived separately,
disoriented and tired from hours of marching
in the dark woods. With volunteers leading
each column up the foggy slope, the soldiers
attacked with fixed bayonets.
As the columns advanced, artillery and small
arms crossfire killed and maimed commanders
and private soldiers alike. The redoubt became
a scene of hand-to-hand combat with swords
and bayonets clashing.
Families from Virginia to the Carolinas, from
Poland to Scotland, from France to Haiti, from
Germany to England would morn the loss and
suffering of loved ones who spilled their blood
on the ground surrounding the Spring Hill redoubt.
Marker is on Martin Luther King Blvd. ( West Broad St. ).
Courtesy hmdb.org
