Location: Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States

Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies Virginia United States



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Fort Savannah, Virginia One Place Study
Name
Fort Savannah was a large militia fort. Though fortified by the time of the Revolutionary War, there is no evidence of British attacks on Fort Savannah. However, Indians raided in the area, with many battles reported.
Geography
- Continent: North America
- Country: United States
- State/Province: Virginia
- County: Greenbrier
- GPS Coordinates:37.802621,-80.444241 approx
- Elevation:
History
In 1751, surveyors Andrew Lewis and his father found a large spring at the present site of Lewisburg, which they named Lewis Spring. The spring attracted settlers, and cabins were built nearby. The early settlers were dispersed during the French and Indian War, with the area once again populated by the late 1760s. In 1774, Camp Union was located there as the rendezvous for Lewis’s troops. Fort Savannah was built there by the mid-1770s. William Richmond stated that his regiment wintered at the ‘‘Savannah Fort’’ between October 1775 and the spring of 1776.
In 1774 at the start of the Revolutionary War, General Lewis gathered 1,000 militiamen at the fort and renamed the area Camp Union (2). Lewis marched the men against the Indians in the campaign that culminated in the Battle of Point Pleasant on 10 Oct 1774. The battle marked the end of Lord Dunmore's War.
Abandoned in 1782.
Population
Notables
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Sources
- Asbury, Martha J. "Fort Savannah." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 09 January 2024. Web. 26 March 2024.
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