Yamacraw Village in Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Colonel Mordecai Sheftall
1735 - 1797
Photographed by Mike Stroud, March 2008
1. Colonel Mordecai Sheftall Marker
As Deputy Commissary General of Issues for Georgia and South Carolina, Colonel Sheftall was the highest ranking Jewish officer in the Revolutionary War. Captured by the British in the Battle of Savannah, Dec. 29, 1778, Sheftall was imprisoned for two years at Antigua and later released in an exchange of prisoners.
Erected 2007 by Stone placed by Marion Levy Mendel.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is December 29, 1785.
Location. 32° 4.553′ N, 81° 6.037′ W. Marker is in Savannah, Georgia, in Chatham County. It is in Yamacraw Village. It can be reached from Louisville Road. Located between Savannah Visitor Center and Savannah Roundhouse Museum. Spring Hill Redoubt is a part of the new Battlefield Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Savannah GA 31401, 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: Col. John White (here, next to this marker); Peter Tondee (here, next to this marker); Major General Israel Putnam (here, next to this marker); To Honor Our Patriot Ancestors (here, next to this marker); Mills Murphree (here,
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Regarding Colonel Mordecai Sheftall. This Tablet is on the very ground of "Spring Hill Redoubt" of the Battle of Savannah.
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Spring Hill Redoubt
Also see . . . Mordecai Sheftall 1735-1797. New Georgia Encyclopedia website entry (Submitted on March 24, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
Photographed by Mike Stroud, February 16, 2008
2. Battlefield Memorial Park, includes the Col. Sheftall Marker
"This Memorial To The American Revolution"
via Find A Grave, unknown
3. Mordecai Sheftall
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
4. Honors the Sons of the Revolution
Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,338 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 24, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 3. submitted on January 16, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on March 24, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
