Richmond Hill in Bryan County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville
Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 30, 2008
1. Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville Marker
Inscription.
Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville. . The swift Confederate blockade runner Nashville (renamed Rattlesnake) was destroyed by the monitor Montauk, February 28, 1863, after she went aground on a sandbar in a hairpin bend of the Ogeechee River. The engagement was a three- way battle with the guns of the fort ( McAllister) firing on the Montauk and the Montauk concentrating on the Nashville. The wreck of the Nashville lies in the direction of the arrow, approximately 1200 yards.
The swift Confederate blockade runner Nashville
(renamed Rattlesnake) was destroyed
by the monitor Montauk, February 28, 1863,
after she went aground on a sandbar in a hairpin bend
of the Ogeechee River. The engagement was a three- way
battle with the guns of the fort ( McAllister) firing on the
Montauk and the Montauk concentrating
on the Nashville. The wreck of the Nashville
lies in the direction of the arrow, approximately 1200 yards.
Erected 1963 by Georgia Historical Commission.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is February 28, 1863.
Location. 31° 53.39′ N, 81° 11.939′ W. Marker is in Richmond Hill, Georgia, in Bryan County. Marker can be reached from Fort McAllister Road. Located at the Fort McAllister State Park and Historic Site. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Richmond Hill GA 31324, United States of America. Touch for directions.
3. Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville Marker and assorted parts
4. The C.S.S. Nashville
The Nashville was a 1221-ton side-wheel steamer built in New York. She was converted to blockade runner by the Confederacy in 1861. Later she was rated a "privateer." Her destruction here at Fort McAllister proved Savannah's waterways were no haven, even under the fort's guns.
[From the U.S. Navy Historical Center Collection]
5. USS Montauk a Passaic Class Monitor
The Montauk was a 1335-ton Passaic Class monitor. Ironically, she was built at close to the same yards the Nashville had been built before the war. The Montauk later participated in an April 7, 1863 bombardment of Charleston, S.C. At the end of the war, the ship was used by a party examining John Wilkes Booth's body.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,919 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on September 24, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 2. submitted on September 19, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 3. submitted on September 14, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 4, 5. submitted on September 15, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.