SAVANNAH HISTORY MUSEUM

SAVANNAH, GA

The Savannah History Museum is a museum located in Savannah, Georgia, dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the city and its surrounding areas. It is part of the Historic Savannah Foundation and located in the old Central of Georgia Railway station.

The museum offers a variety of exhibits, artifacts, and interactive displays that tell the story of Savannah's past. Visitors can learn about the city's diverse cultural heritage, from the Native Americans who first inhabited the area to the Revolutionary War and Civil War battles fought in the area. They can also explore the city's architecture, from the grand mansions of Savannah's historic district to the small shotgun houses of the Victorian era.

The museum also features a variety of educational programs for school groups and families. Through hands-on activities, visitors can learn about the cultures, customs, and lifestyles of people who have lived in Savannah throughout its history. The museum also sponsors special events throughout the year, such as the Savannah Jazz Festival and the Savannah Film Festival.

The museum has a gift shop where visitors can purchase books, souvenirs, and other items related to Savannah's history. The museum also offers a variety of volunteer opportunities, such as giving tours and helping with special events. By visiting the Savannah History Museum, visitors can gain a better appreciation and understanding of Savannah's vibrant past.

SAVANNAH HISTORY MUSEUM is a Uncategorized or General Museum in SAVANNAH GA. US MID #8401300016

The museum is classed as GMU (Uncategorized or General Museums). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Southeastern (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia).

Revolutionary War: General Casimir Pulaski died fighting the British at the Siege of Savannah This is a monument to Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski at Monterey Square in downtown Savannah, Georgia. General Pulaski was shot by cannon grapeseed fire from the British while attempting to rally fleeing French troops not far from here. Pulaski is considered &quot;the father of American cavalry.&quot;

Halt, who goes there? Savannah, Georgia is history–big history, important history–at just about every turn. Here is Savannah River's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_James_Jackson" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Old Fort Jackson</a>.

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Komt voor in het verhaal / Is part of the story (in Dutch):
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Mercer Williams House Museum 5675
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Mercer House (now the Mercer Williams House Museum) is located at 429 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia.[3] Completed in 1868, it occupies the southwestern civic block of Monterey Square.
The house was the scene of the 1981 killing of Danny Hansford by the home's owner, Jim Williams, a story that is retold in the 1994 John Berendt book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. The house is also featured in the movie adaptation of the book, released three years later.

Civil War at Fort Pulaski: bam! Days before Georgia seceded from the United States and joined the Confederacy, the state seized the federal fortification of Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island near Savannah. Unfortunately for the Confederacy, it then did not support the surrounding ground because it thought Tybee Island was too remote, a waste of resources for what it deemed to be an impenetrable fort. The Civil War would quickly test those military assumptions. The United States thought of Fort Pulaski in terms of a bigger picture–Southern supply chain, military logistics, and economic bottleneck. Controlling traffic of the Southern port city of Savannah was very important to the overall war effort.

The United States military took advantage of the blind eye of the Confederacy's military command. First came the U.S. Navy, blockading the Savannah River for a 112-day siege of the fort. But that was not enough. The U.S. Army built up troops and batteries by night at Tybee Island, hidden, on Fort Pulaski's facing shore of the Savannah River.

On April 10, 1862, U.S. troops struck out. Rolling back their camouflage, they bombarded Confederate-occupied Fort Pulaski and won. The Confederate commander unconditionally surrendered, noting his isolation from any Confederate backup and that a breached wall exposed his entire garrison to the possibility of a catastrophic explosion from the ammunition storage area. He stated:

&quot;We were absolutely isolated beyond any possibility of help from the Confederate authorities, and I did not feel warranted in exposing the garrison to the hazard of the blowing up of our main magazine -- a danger which had just been proved well within the limits of probability.&quot;†

The reclaimed fort would remain under U.S. control for the remainder of the Civil War.

The Confederacy did not emphasize the loss of Fort Pulaski because of clearer tactics or strategy employed by their foe that capitalized on the Confederate military's blindspots but rather because of the Union's state-of-the-art technology that Confederate commanders did not anticipate to be used against their impenetrable fort, i.e. new rifled-bore cannons of the Union shot further and more accurately than traditional smooth-bore cannons. The new cannon fire could now reach the fort from the opposite shore to bring down its walls.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pulaski_National_Monument" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wikipedia observes</a> the strategic loss for the Confederacy and the strategic gain of Fort Pulaski for the United States: &quot;all shipping into and out of Savannah ceased. The loss of Savannah as a viable Confederate port crippled its war effort.&quot;

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†Source– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pulaski_National_Monument" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wikipedia</a>: Quote from Colonel Charles H. Olmstead, commander of Fort Pulaski's Confederate garrison, Fort Pulaski brochure, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior

Gingerbread house with lemon frosting Gingerbread House (1899), Savannah, Georgia

Contact SAVANNAH HISTORY MUSEUM

telephone: 9126516833

SAVANNAH HISTORY MUSEUM
303 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD
SAVANNAH
GA
31401

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MID #	8401300016
Name	SAVANNAH HISTORY MUSEUM
Alternate Name	SAVANNAH HISTORY MUSEUM
Classification	Uncategorized or General Museums, , Southeastern
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INCOME	0
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LAT/LONG	32.076224, -81.098951
CODES	FIPS State Code: 13 FIPS County Code: 051 US Census Tract: 000601 US Census Block: 4001