Battle of Savannah

En l'honneur des valliants Français

qui se sont sacrifiés en cet endroit

pour notre liberté le 9 Octobre, 1779

In honor of the valiant Frenchmen

who gave their lives on this battlefield

for our freedom on 9 October, 1779

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The Battle of Savannah

The 1779 Battle of Savannah was one of

the deadliest of the entire American Revolution.

The overwhelming defeat of French and

American forces resulted in an allied

withdrawal and in approximately 800 wounded

or killed, with British losses totaling 55

wounded or dead.

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Battle of Blue Savannah

One fourth mile south of this site General Francis Marion defeated a band of Tories under Captain Barfield on August 13, 1780, by feigning retreat and drawing them into a trap.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 501 and South ...