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The Georgia Navy GHS Historical Marker
- Located on Frederica Road past Fort Frederica National
Monument entrance, St. Simons Island
31.22325, -81.38695
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The Georgia Navy
During the American Revolution four heavily-armed
row galleys were constructed in Savannah for the Georgia Navy,
all underwritten by the Continental Congress. In nearby Frederica
River, beginning at dawn on April. 19, 1778, Georgia galleys
Lee, Washington, and Bulloch, commanded
by Colonel Samuel Elbert, attacked HM brigantine Hinchinbrook,
the armed sloop Rebecca, and an armed watering brig. The
British attempted to retaliate, but were out-gunned and out-maneuvered.
As they tried to gain an advantage by moving down river their
ships grounded, were abandoned, and captured. This remarkable
victory boosted patriot morale and delayed by more than eight
months the British invasion of Georgia.
Erected by the Georgia Historical
Society, Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, Coastal
Georgia Historical Society, and Fort Frederica National Monument
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