- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Fort Morris historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Liberty County
Fortification--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Liberty County, 31.80723, -81.45626
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Visitors Center, Fort Morris/Sunbury Historic Site
Text of marker: "FORT MORRIS. Erected at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, to guard the Port of Sunbury and St. John's Parish, Fort Morris was an enclosed earthwork in the shape of an irregular quadrangle. Surrounded by a parapet and moat, it contained a parade of about an acre. The fort was defended by more than 25 pieces of ordnance of varied size. It was named in honor of Captain Morris, who commanded the company of artillery by which it was first garrisoned early in 1776. Colonel John McIntosh commanded the garrison on November 25, 1778, when Col. L.V. Fuser, with 500 British ground troops, supported by armed ships in the Medway river, landed at Sunbury and demanded the immediate surrender of Fort Morris. Colonel McIntosh, with 127 Continental troops, some militia and citizens of Sunbury, less than 200 men in all, replied, "Come and Take It!" The enemy retreated to the South, and Continental troops held Fort Morris until January 9, 1779, when it was captured by British forces. 089-12A GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1957" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_fort-morris
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_fort-morris
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
