Battle of Tuliffiny-- Part 5: The "Swamp Fox: Hideout

The Tuliffiny Creek is located in Jaspar County, the South Carolina county located across the Savannak River from Savannah.

The amphibious landing on the Tuliffiny River was conducted primarily by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and was also successful in moving 5,000 troops to Gregorie Point, which is a peninsula bounded by the Tuliffinay and Coosawatchie  rivers located near the town of Yemassee and some 45 miles north of Savannah.

Much of this area is covered by swamps and thick foliage and large trees.    General Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox" of the American Revolution  fought the British and encamped near this area  on several occasions.

The Union objective was to cut the Charleston-Savannah  Railroad by destroying a railroad trestle bridge that crossed the Tuliffiny River.

--Old Secesh