{"nrhp_refnum":"70000197","name":"Fort McAllister","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"10 mi. E of Richmond Hill via GA 67","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond Hill","county":"Bryan County","state":"GA","lat":31.892013758000047,"lon":-81.19469711906012,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-05-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Fort McAllister is a Civil War earthworks fortification on the south bank of the Great Ogeechee River, east of U.S. 17 near Richmond Hill, Bryan County, Georgia. Construction began in 1861, and the site has been restored to its appearance of about 1864.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of Confederate earthwork fortification. It showed that earthen works could withstand the heaviest naval ordnance of the period. Its capture by Gen. Sherman in December 1864 let the Union Army get supplies from offshore vessels, ending the \"March to the Sea.\"","narrative":"Fort McAllister is a Confederate earthwork fortification on the south bank of the Great Ogeechee River in Bryan County, Georgia. Begun in 1861, it was the southernmost of a series of works guarding Savannah from attack by sea and protecting nearby rice plantations and a railroad trestle. Its design is largely credited to Capt. John McCrady. Builders chose massive earthworks over masonry after the fall of Fort Pulaski. In 1863 Union ironclads, including the USS Montauk, bombarded the fort for hours, and the sand absorbed the shot. The fort fell in December 1864 to a rear assault in about 15 minutes of hand-to-hand fighting, witnessed by Gen. Sherman. Its capture opened supply contact with Union ships and ended the March to the Sea. Henry Ford began restoration in the 1930s. The property passed to the Georgia Historical Commission in 1958, which restored the earthworks and bombproofs and built a museum.","period_of_significance":"1861-1864","architect_builder":"Design largely attributed to Capt. John McCrady, a Confederate engineer, with some recommendations from Gen. Robert E. Lee","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site. It is state-owned, occupied, and open to visitors, with restored bombproofs, banquettes and parapets and a museum nearby.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.886675-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/70000197.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000197/22c45ca361-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000197/22c45ca361-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GA_Richmond_Hill_Fort_McAllister_inside01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebyabe</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GA_Richmond_Hill_Fort_McAllister_inside01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207135","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McAllister_Historic_State_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8564756"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bryan-county/fort-mcallister-70000197/"}