St. Marys in Camden County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
The Civil War: Local People
St. Marys History Walk
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 18, 2020
1. The Civil War: Local People Marker
Diary of Julia Johnson Fisher, Entry dated April 21, 1864 We are short allowances today. A saucer of rice and skim milk for dinner. We shock a half pint of cream in a glass jar and thus have produced our first butterperhaps a small tea cup full and we are to have some rice cakes for supper. Gussie has come from camp to help us. He says the confederates have burnt Mr. Germans house and mill at Kings Ferry to prevent the lumber from going to the Yankees. Mrs. Linn and baby thrive well. She has nothing to live on but corn meal and rice; but nobody knows of anythingnot a pointThe pickets are living on a (sic) field peas and rice, and the animals are suffering. There is money enough and nothing to buy.The Penniman Papers; A Georgia Family in the Civil War.
O.J. Hickox, Jr., Ed. Woodbine, Georgia
Diary entry courtesy of Bryan-Lang Historical Archives.
Moses Dallas was a slave from St. Marys when he began working for the Confederate Navy. He was riverboat pilot of the ironclad CSS Savannah. On June 3, 1864, Moses piloted 120 men in seven boats safely through the sound near Savannah to ambush a prized Federal side-wheel gunboat, the USS Water Witch. Moses bravery did not see him through the fight. With no qualified
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Erected 2016 by The Lundin & Thurner Families.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is April 21, 1864.
Location. 30° 43.286′ N, 81° 33.218′ W. Marker is in St. Marys, Georgia, in Camden County. It can be reached from the intersection of Bartlett Street and St Marys Street West, on the left when traveling north. Located within the St. Marys History Walk. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 Bartlett St, Saint Marys GA 31558, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Coastal Plain and on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Civil War Comes to St. Marys (here, next to this marker); The Civil War: Local Landmarks (here, next to this marker); Southern Signature (a few steps from this marker); St. Marys: A Military Town for 200+ Years (a few steps from this marker); The Enduring Gullah (a few steps from this marker); Georgias Coastal Gem: (within shouting distance of this marker); The Birth of a City
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 18, 2020
2. The Civil War: Local People Marker
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 18, 2020
3. Photo Insert Top Left: Indoor Cooking
Was done on wood stoves or kitchen fireplaces. They were large and fixed
with an iron bar that the cook could swing in or out of the fire.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 18, 2020
4. Photo Insert Middle Left: U.S.S. Water Witch
Courtesy of the Harris and Ewing Collection, Library of Congress, Prints
and Photographs Division.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 18, 2020
5. Photo Insert Bottom Left: C.S.S. Savannah
Courtesy of the 290 Foundation
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, January 18, 2020
6. St. Marys History Park markers from a distance
Credits. This page was last revised on June 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 486 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 30, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
