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Bounded by Tilton, Butler, Van Horn, Railroad and Alger Avenues., and Pulaski Road. This site is on the National Register of Historical Places.

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Bounded by Tilton, Butler, Van Horn, Railroad and Alger Avenues., and Pulaski Road. This site is on the National Register of Historical Places.

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The Legislature of Georgia in 1786 passed a law providing for a fort on Cockspur or Tybee Island to be named in honor of General James Screven, Revolutionary War hero. It was never built by the state. In 1808, the Federal government obtained jurisdiction over the property on Tybee Island now known as Fort Screven Reservation. Actual title was acquired in 1875, and the post, established in 1898, was in continuous use from the Spanish-American War through both World Wars. Primarily a Coast Artillery fort, at one time Fort Fremont in South Carolina was under its jurisdiction. It became an Infantry post and finally a school for deep-sea diving. Many distinguished officers saw duty here, including General George C. Marshall as colonel in command. In 1945 Fort Screven was declared surplus by the War Department and acquired by the town of Savannah Beach. This site is on the National Register of Historical Places.

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Tybee belongs to the ancestral land of the Yuchi (Euchee) tribe now based in Oklahoma. Following occupation by the Spanish and French, it became a military outpost, its positioning along the Savannah River making it a strategic location during the Revolutionary War, Spanish-American War, Civil War, and World Wars I and II. Within the past two centuries it has developed into a popular tourist destination and features one of the oldest operating lighthouses in the country.

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On November 24, 1778, General James Screven was mortally wounded in a battle fought near this spot. James Screven (1744-1778) was a public official and Revolutionary War hero. At this site in Liberty County, he was fighting the British near Midway Church.

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Fort Screven Historic District

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