Skirmish in Bulltown Swamp---089-16
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Markerman62
N 31° 39.697 W 081° 23.877
17R E 462273 N 3502998
Along US 17 south of Midway and just north of I-95.
Waymark Code: WMF3G3
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2012
Views: 6
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.
Type of Marker: Other
Marker #: 089-16
Date: 1957
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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