Jasper Spring ACH - Savannah, GA
N 32° 05.378 W 081° 07.680
17S E 487921 N 3550378
This mark is located in Jasper Spring park on Augusta Ave in Savannah, GA.
Waymark Code: WM4CXQ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/07/2008
Views: 13
The marker reads:
"Jasper Spring
At this spring close by the entrenchments of the British who held Savannah, Sergeant William Jasper and Sergeant John Newton in 1779, effected their heroic rescue of a number of American Patriots who were being taken to Savannah for military trial. These prisoners were under a guard of ten British soldiers. Sergeants Jasper and Newton had followed them for many miles almost within sight of the British fortifications. The escort here stacked arms. Two soldiers guarded the prisoners while the others refreshed themselves at the spring. Rushing from their concealment in the heavy underbrush, the gallant Americans shot down the two guards, seized the guns, disabled two others of the enemy and made the remainder prisoners. The recued patriots were released and armed with the captured guns. The British prisoners were then marched to the American camp in South Carolina.
Sergeant William Jasper was enlisted in St. George's Parish, now Burke County, Georgia, July seventh, 1775, and served continuously until he received a mortal wound, a few hundred yards east of this spot, on October 9, 1779, while placing his regimental flag on the British earthworks in the assault by the American and French allied forces on Savannah.
Sergeant John Newton, taken prisoner on the surrender of Charleston in 1780, died soon after on a British prison ship."
Type of Marker: Monument
Marker #: Not listed
Date: Not listed
Sponsor: Not listed
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