Designer of Fort McAllister
Charlestonian, a student of Agassiz at Harvard, then professor of mathematics at the College of Charleston, he resigned his position at the outbreak of the war and became an officer in the Confederate engineers. Transferred to Savannah he spent his efforts surrounding that city with an extensive ring of defenses.The rest of his life was academic. He returned to his old professorship in Charleston, later became assistant to Agassiz, then professor of biology at the University of the South, Sewannee, Tennessee.| HM Number | HM87N |
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| Year Placed | 1963 |
| Placed By | Georgia Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, September 7th, 2014 at 7:49am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17R E 481236 N 3528251 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 31.88991667, -81.19841667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 31° 53.395', W 81° 11.905' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 31° 53' 23.70" N, 81° 11' 54.30" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 229, 912 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 3894 Fort McAllister Rd, Richmond Hill GA 31324, US |
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