- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- March to the Sea: Ebenezer Creek historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Effingham County
Sherman's March to the Sea
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Effingham County, 32.36731, -81.34134
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: On Ebenezer Road (Georgia Route 275) east of County Road 284 at the Ebenezer Cemetery
Text of marker: "March to the Sea: Ebenezer Creek. One mile north, on December 9, 1864, during the American Civil War, U.S. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis crossed Ebenezer Creek with his 14th Army Corps as it advanced toward Savannah during Gen. William T. Sherman's March to the Sea. Davis hastily removed the pontoon bridges over the creek, and hundreds of freed slaves following his army drowned trying to swim the swollen waters to escape the pursuing Confederates. Following a public outcry, Sec. of War Edwin Stanton met with Sherman and local black leaders in Savannah on January 12, 1865. Four days later, President Lincoln approved Sherman's Special Field Orders No. 15, confiscating over 400,000 acres of coastal property and redistributing it to former slaves in 40-acre tracts. 2010.1 Erected for the Civil War 150 commemoration by the Georgia Historical Society and the Georgia Department of Economic Development 51-2" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_march-to-the-sea-ebenezer-creek
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_march-to-the-sea-ebenezer-creek
- 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:
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