Yamacraw Village in Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Major General Anthony Wayne
1745 - 1796
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
1. Major General Anthony Wayne Marker
Continental troops in many
battles of the war including
Brandywine, Paoli, Monmouth,
Germantown and the daring night
attack at Stony Point. After
Yorktown he served on the Ga
frontier and became the U.S.
Representative of Ga before
returning to military service.
Erected by Stone placed by Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution and its Color Guard.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 32° 4.552′ N, 81° 6.033′ W. Memorial is in Savannah, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is in Yamacraw Village. It can be reached from Martin Luther King Boulevard (West Broad Street). Located between Louisville Road and West Harris Street (Between Savannah Visitor Center and Savannah Roundhouse Museum, in the Battlefield Memorial Park). Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Savannah GA 31401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial 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: Charles Pidcock (here, next to this marker); Joseph Brandt (here, next to this marker); Joel Lane (here, next to this marker); Lt. Ambrose Gordon (here, next to this
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Also see . . . Anthony Wayne Biography, Biographybase entry. ... The highlight of Wayne's Revolutionary War service was probably his victory at Stony Point. On July 16, 1779, in a nighttime, bayonets-only assault lasting thirty minutes, light infantry commanded by Wayne overcame British fortifications at Stony Point, New York, a cliffside redoubt commanding the southern Hudson River. The success of this operation provided a boost to the morale of an army which had at that time suffered a series of military defeats. Congress awarded him a medal for the victory. ... (Submitted on April 13, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
2. Major General Anthony Wayne Marker at the Memorial To The American Revolution
Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 762 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 13, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
