- Skirmish in Bulltown Swamp State
Historical Marker
- Located on U.S. 17 6 miles south of Riceboro, Ga.
(Text)
SKIRMISH IN BULLTOWN
SWAMP
In November of 1778, Lieut. Col.
James Mark Prevost, with 100 British Regulars, and 300 Refugees
and Indians under McGirth, crossed the Altamaha River and moved
into Georgia, killing or taking prisoner all men they found,
and ravaging the plantations. Continental troops and Militia
marched against them. Near this spot, where the old Savannah
to Darien road crossed Bulltown Swamp, a small detachment of
Mounted Militia, Col. John Baker commanding, met and fought a
delaying action with the invaders. Colonel Baker, Captain Cooper
and William Goulding were wounded.
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- 089-16 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1957
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