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Camera Maker Canon Camera Model Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Aperture f/4 Exposure Value 0 EV
Exposure Program Manual Exposure Time 1/100 sec
Flash No Flash Focal Length 24 mm
ISO 800 Metering Mode Pattern
Date/Time 2010:01:15 12:09:25 Resolution Unit Inch
X Resolution 240 dots per ResolutionUnit Y Resolution 240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Exposure Mode 1 Keywords travel United States of America United States America USA US Georgia GA Chatham County Savannah history historical historic historical marker famous landmark road side highway popular Place of Interest Places of Interest Tourist Attraction Tourist Attractions Tourist Destination Tourist Destinations Travel Destination Travel Destinations tour tourism tourist attraction destination Fort McAllister Great Ogeechee River W. J. Hardee B. W. Frobel Georgia Militia West Broad Street Hutchinson Island Back River Pennyworth Island Little Back River South Carolina Whitemarsh Island Causton's Bluff Savannah River Fort Jackson Screven's Ferry
Caption Evacuation of Savannah On Dec. 14, 1864, Fort McAllister [CS] having fallen the day before, opening the Great Ogeechee River to Union shipping and rendering Savannah untenable, Lt. Gen. W. J. Hardee, CSA, decided to evacuate the city to save it from a destructive bombardment and to extricate his besieged army. River craft being unequal to the task and no pontoon bridging being available, an engineering expedient was adopted. Directed by Lt. Col. B. W. Frobel, CSA, pontoon type bridges were laid by sailors of the CS Navy and details from the Georgia Militia. Using large `cotton flats` for boats, car wheels for anchors and planks from the city wharves for flooring, a bridge was laid from the foot of West Broad Street to Hutchinson Island, another across Back River to Pennyworth Island, and a third across Little Back River to the South Carolina shore. On the 19th, orders were issued giving priorities and times of withdrawal. The heavy guns were spiked and carriages and ammunition destroyed. At dark, the garrisons of Whitemarsh Island were withdrawn into the city and evacuated via the bridges. At dark on the 20th, the garrisons of Causton`s Bluff, Thunderbolt and the Savannah River batteries gathered at Fort Jackson and were transferred by steamer to Screven`s Ferry; but the main garrison -- infantry, cavalry, light artillery and wagons -- crossed on the bridges. Well before dawn, the rear-guard had cleared Hutchinson Island, the bridge from West Broad Street had been cut adrift, and the troops were marching via the Union Causeway to Hardeeville. Georgia historical Commission 1957