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The Confederate Battery built on Gibson’s Point was named after the landowner, Richard T. Gibson, who acquired the property from his father Robert S. Gibson in 1834. Constructed in early 1864 to protect the Confederate held city of Savannah, the Battery was built by enslaved workers to protect Whitemarsh Island, which had become a battleground between Union and Rebel forces over the last two years of the war. The Battery consisted of three parts, of which only the central redoubt remains. The Battery consisted of three parts, of which only the central redoubt remains. Abandoned by Confederate troops in December 1864, a survey of the Gibson Battery by Union forces noted that the Point was armed with two 8-inch siege howitzers and two 32-pounder cannons. Archaeological investigations conducted in March 2025 confirmed the deployment of artillery at the Battery.
Publication Date
Fall 2025
Disciplines
Higher Education | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Recommended Citation
Baughman, Serenity J. and Mandzy, Adrian, "Gibson Battery" (2025). 2025 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations. 88.
https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2025/88