Sherman's troops crossed a narrow causeway between the marshes and the river and arrived at Fort McAllister about noon. Just before sunset, they advanced on the fort and it was theirs in fifteen minutes. Just around 200 were defending the fort so it wasn't much of a fight.
Fort McAllister was built on Genesis Point, on the plantation owned by Lt.Col. Joseph McAllister, near the mouth of the Ogeeche River. Its purpose was to protect Savannah's backdoor and defend the rice plantations in the area. From 1862-1863, the fort had fended off seven Union attacks.
On December 13, 2014, hundreds of re-enactors were at the old fort to mark the 150th anniversary of its fall.
--Old Secesh
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