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Savannah City

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
January
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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Savnnnah is situatod on tno rigbt bank of the river of that same, and is onp hundrcd iiiid eighteen miles from Charleston, one hundrod and twentythrce miles froui Augusta, and one hundied and filty nales trom Millodgeviile. Tho city is built ou a levcl, sunèy plaip, elcvated above fortyfeet above the leve) of the tide. It was formerly considercd unhcalthy, wbich chiefly arose from tho rice-grounds in the neighborhood ; but the cilizcus subscribed seveuty thousaud dullars to induce the owners of the plau tstions to substitute a dry for a wet cultivation of ihat article, by vihich the health of tha city was rnuch improved. The streets are regularly laid out, in the form of a parallo'ograui, with streets, many of them wide, crossiug at right angles. The monunients of General Green, and Count Pulaski, wbo feil in the attack against the British ut Savan nah, are couuted t'.:e ficest specimens of art in that section. Savanuah is the centre of a very extensive sys'.em of railroads, which directly and indirectly contributed mach to its commercial importanee and prosperity. The names and length of the roads coaverging to this point, are as follows : Miles. The Central Raihoad, connecting Micon with Savannali 19a Tlie Waynesboro' and August?. 53 The MilledgeriüV: and Eaton 39 The Southwestern 60 The Musoogee .... 71 The Macon and Western. 101 The Western and Atlantic 140 The Georgia Railroad 170 The Athens branch of the Georgia Rc.ilrcail 40 The Washington bianch of the Georgia Ilaüroad 17 The Roma branch of the Western and Atlantic 20 Tho Atlantic and Lagrange Railroad.. .. 80 The East T.ennessee and Georgia &9 The city contains twenty-foKr public squares, besides aorae of the stieets are, laid off with grassy promenades in the middltf, with carriage-wnys on each side. Many of its privr.te resideuoes ave handsafnely built. Amocg the public Ir.-i'dingsmuy De ffientijii#d the city esoJuitigé, thoatrt, eouii-h.. , Jail, o'.u:d üréeiial, artiliëry, armriy, lyceum, O.yletho-pe liall, St. Aödréw'a Hail, Ohatham Academy, and thü uew custoni-houat; - the Jutter, wliic', ia one bundr&d and ten feet loug, by ifty-two wids, is built ol grauite, and is estiraawd lo I, ■■-o cost $173,400. Tlio city baa foartaen 1 teslaut and oue or two Catholie j e-, one Hebrew synugogue, fivc baoisB, ! one savings' institutiou, aud a pi'blis li-, brary. As a strategie point, the valuo of the . acqui-itiou cannot be ever esliroaiod. It being in ouv possession, the fort-3J'tLnt guard the river raust nectscarüy fall Ever since the fall of Port Puliski, the bost eoginceriffg ekill and material of the South have been resorted to, to reiider it impreguable by its water appfoacb.es, its dofcuders never dreatning of au hostilo army sweepiug the heart oí' Georgia t" assault its rear. Firit of importauce on tho list of deienses of Sayanuah. mav be placed Fort Jackson. It was constructed by tbc u'nitcd 3í2,te3 goveruriieut, p:-evious to the rebellion, but was DOt iully; garrisoned. Smae that time it hi.:' strengthéned, additional gucs ir.ounted, and put n the most complete state of defensa The irou ram of the Merrimae and Tennessee class, h-aving proven a fuilure as a íioating batiery, was eonvert ed into a kind of fortress, being grounded at Four-rnile point, with her guns pointing dtfSYn the chaunel. She was fully oñicored aud manued, mounting a battery of aix heavy guns, whicb com man i the spike obstructioiis which are placed a few rods below her on both sidos oí' the chaiinel. Bestdea rednubts, and the strong outworks connected witb Port Jackson, the banks of the river form one tolig fortress, brist] ug with heavy guns, while the river itsalf is filled with formidable obslructions, torpedoee, timbers, and every conoeivable clestructive machiuation. As a Btrategetic point, however, Savaanah derives it greate'st importiince. Situated uinety miles from Charleston, in an advance on that city, it will form a baso of opcrations, bcsides depriving it of ono of its most fruitful sourues of supply. lts occupation ootnpels tho iali o! Augusta by opening the Savaiinah river to the advance of a naval force to its im mediato liaiits. It ia 188 miles east southeast of Milledgevülo, which was taken ou Sberman's route, and will form a .gate for coutinued connection with that place. In fret t opens Georgia and South Carolina to the fedcrnl anns, and makes the belt of couquest carved by Sherman, a pepetual link with the Oliio river, sever.s the coufederaoy in twaiu, and leaves the rebel capital isulated and deprived of the resources of the richest and least exhausta, portion of the South.

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