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Georgia Day Essay Honors Revolutionary Battles
A second prize high school essay by Alban Reed, on Georgia’s role in the Revolutionary War, details key Georgia actions from 1775 to 1782. It covers the May 1775 onward naval capture, Fort McIntosh surrender, battles at Midway Meeting House, Ket tle Creek, Briar Creek, Savannah siege efforts, and notable leaders like Clarke, Pickens, Dooly, and Mull. The piece ends with a testimonial about Electric Bitters from Macon’s industrial home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Alban Reed
Continental Congress
Bowen
Joseph Habersham
Maitland
Tybee
Major Grant
Savannah
Grant
Hutchinson's Island
Lachlan McIntosh
Yamacraw Bluff
Tybee Island
Archibald Bulloch
Cerry House
St. Mia River
McIntosh
Richard Winn
Col. Moultrie
Sullivan's Island
Brown
Cunningham
McGirth
Florida Rangers
Fort McIntosh
Fort Howe
Col. Prevost
Screven
Col. White
Midway Meeting House
Watte
Howe
Cherokee Hill
South Carolina
Col. Campbell
Augusta
John Dooley
Andrew Pickens
Carr
Col. Pickens
Col. Boyd
Boyd
Carr's Fort
Col
Clarke
Pickens
Dooly
Kettle Creek
Briar Creek
Prevost
Ash
Count Pulaski
d’Estaing
Laurens
Jasper
Mra. Eliot
Saannah
Elijaa Clarke
Musgrove
Col. Clarke
Harry” Lee
Robert E. Lee
Cols. Clarke and
Industrial and Orphan’s Home
Macon
Itas