COASTAL HERITAGE SOCIETY

SAVANNAH, GA

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The Coastal Heritage Society (CHS) is a non-profit organization based in Savannah, Georgia, that is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the history and culture of the coastal region of the state. Established in 1980, CHS works to promote a greater understanding and appreciation of the region’s history and culture.

The organization operates three historic sites in the area. The Savannah History Museum is located in downtown Savannah and offers exhibits, artifacts and programs that tell the story of the region’s past. The Georgia State Railroad Museum, located on the former Central of Georgia site in Savannah, features artifacts and interactive exhibits related to the history of railroading in the state. The Savannah Visitor Center provides information about the city and its attractions.

CHS also operates community outreach programs, such as the Historic Preservation Internship Program, which provides students with hands-on experience in the field of historic preservation. The organization also hosts educational programs and public events, including lectures, workshops, tours and community festivals.

In addition to its museum and historic sites, CHS also offers a variety of volunteer opportunities, such as working in the museum, assisting with special events, leading walking tours and helping with research projects. CHS is committed to preserving and interpreting the history and culture of the coastal region of Georgia and works to make them accessible to the public.

COASTAL HERITAGE SOCIETY is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in SAVANNAH GA. US MID #8401300393

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). 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). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 5,063,623 from tax period 201212 (YYYYMM).

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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 "the father of American cavalry."
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Savannah River shipwreck
Port of Savannah Savannah's port is next to the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, where this landscape that is so rich in birds and wildlife has been preserved. The refuge was one of my favorite stops.
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: "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."† 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: "all shipping into and out of Savannah ceased. The loss of Savannah as a viable Confederate port crippled its war effort." ---- †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
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COASTAL HERITAGE SOCIETY INC
303 MLK JR BLVD
SAVANNAH
GA
31401-4217

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COASTAL HERITAGE SOCIETY Information

MID # 8401300393
Name COASTAL HERITAGE SOCIETY INC
Alternate Name COASTAL HERITAGE SOCIETY
Classification Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Southeastern
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 581246230
NTEECC A82
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) 201212
INCOME 5,591,010
REVENUE 5,063,623
LAT/LONG 32.06947, -81.092398
CODES FIPS State Code: 13
FIPS County Code: 051
US Census Tract: 000601
US Census Block: 4001