- Tybee Island State Historical
Marker
- Located at the Tybee Museum across the street from
the Tybee Island Lighthouse
(Text)
- FORT SCREVEN
The Legislature of Georgia in 1786 passed
a law providing for a fort on Cockspur or Tybee Island to be
named in honor of General James Screven, Revolutionary War hero.
It was never built by the state. In 1808 the Federal government
obtained jurisdiction over the property on Tybee Island now known
as Fort Screven Reservation. Actual title was acquired in 1875
and the post, established in 1898, was in continuous use from
the Spanish-American War through both World Wars. Primarily a
Coast Artillery fort, at one time Fort Fremont in South Carolina
was under its jurisdiction. It became an Infantry post and finally
a school for deep-sea diving. Many distinguished officers saw
duty here, including General George C. Marshall as colonel in
command. In 1945 Fort Screven was declared surplus by the War
Department and acquired by town of Savannah Beach.
- 025-58 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1958
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© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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