- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Fort Stewart
- Creator:
- Pascoe, Craig S., 1952-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Rieken, John
- Date of Original:
- 2004-06-21
- Subject:
- Fort Stewart (Ga.)
United States. Army
Fortification--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Liberty County, Hinesville, 31.84688, -81.59595
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Fort Stewart in Hinesville, Georgia. Fort Stewart is located about forty miles west of Savannah. It was created in 1940 as an antiaircraft training facility. In 2004 the 280,000-acre facility, the largest in area in the eastern United States, is the base for the Third Infantry Division (Mechanized) and the First Battalion, Seventy-fifth Ranger Regiment, Rapid Deployment Force. Hunter Army Airfield, located at Savannah, is also part of the fort.
GSE identifier: SS8H9 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/fort-stewart/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Fort Stewart," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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