R I T A F O L S E E L L I O T T A N D L A U R A E . S E I F E R T

C O A S T A L H E R I T A G E S O C I E T Y

The Third Battle of SavannahAn Archaeological Struggle for Identification,

Preservation, and Interpretation

Spring Hill Discovery

Spring Hill Redoubt

Mid-19th Century Railroad Fill

1790s-1830s Ground Surface

Base ofRevolutionary

War Ditch

Post

Subsoil

Examples of Maps

Savannah Town Plan, 1770s

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Square

Typical Square in Savannah

2007-2008 Targets & GIS Overlay

Methodology

MadisonSquare

West Central Redoubt

GISOverlay

Madison Square

Select ArmsArtifacts

“New Barracks” in 1778

BrickBarracks

EastCentralRedoubt

Lafayette Square

LafayetteSquare

Emmet Park

Emmet Park Forts

Shovel Testing,Emmet Park

GPR,Emmet Park

Emmet Park

GIS, Colonial Park Cemetery

GPR, Colonial Park Cemetery

GPR, Colonial Park Cemetery

GPR, ColonialPark Cemetery

French & American Camps, GIS

Cuyler, Myers, &Dixon Parks

Interest…

An interested public

City of Savannah, Georgia

Engineering

Tourism

Traffic

Property Maintenance

Park and Tree Leisure Services

Citizens Office

Housing

Cemeteries

Buildings &Grounds

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