The Third Battle of Savannah: An Archaeological Struggle for Identification, Preservation, and Interpretation Rita Elliott, Laura Seifert Coastal Heritage Society

1. The Third Battle of Savannah
An Archaeological Struggle for Identification,
Preservation, and Interpretation
RITA FOLSE ELLIOTT AND LAURA E. SEIFERT
COASTAL HERITAGE SOCIETY

3. Spring Hill Discovery

4. Spring Hill Redoubt
Mid-19th Century Railroad Fill
1790s-1830s Ground Surface
Post
Base of
Revolutionary
War Ditch
Subsoil

5. Examples of Maps

6. Savannah Town Plan, 1770s
Square Square Square
Square Square Square
Typical Square in Savannah

7. 2007-2008 Targets & GIS Overlay

8. Methodology

9. Madison
Square

10. West Central Redoubt

11. GIS
Overlay
Madison
Square

13. Select Arms
Artifacts

14. “New Barracks” in 1778
Brick
Barracks

15. East
Central
Redoubt
Lafayette
Square

16. Lafayette
Square

17. Emmet Park

18. Emmet Park Forts

19. Shovel Testing,
Emmet Park

20. GPR,
Emmet Park

21. Emmet Park

22. GIS, Colonial Park Cemetery

23. GPR, Colonial Park Cemetery

24. GPR, Colonial Park Cemetery

25. GPR, Colonial
Park Cemetery

26. French & American Camps,
GIS

27. Cuyler, Myers, &
Dixon Parks

31. Interest…

34. An interested
public

35. City of Savannah, Georgia
Housing
Park and Tree Leisure Services
Engineering
Traffic
Buildings &
Grounds
Citizens Office
Cemeteries
Property Maintenance Tourism

36. Thank You!