Savannah Squares
Savannah in the Old South - An Historic Place
Savannah has been recognized as being a beautiful city in this country for hundreds of years. In the civil war General William Sherman burnt the cities and plantations of the South as he marched from the North to Atlanta to the ocean. Upon entering Savannah he wrote a famous letter to President Abraham Lincoln.
December 22, 1864
Savannah, Georgia
To his Excellency,
President Lincoln,
Dear Sir,
I beg to present you as a Christmas Gift, the City of Savannah with 150 guns and plenty of
ammunition; and also about 25,000 bales of Cotton.
W.T Sherman
The Historic Squares of Savannah
In this short narrative, I will just write about a some of our 24 squares and in future articles I will provide information on all of them.
Oglethorpe planned on constructing 24 squares that would be used for planting crops, holding meetings and other activities but only the squares along Bull Street were originally meant by Oglethorpe to feature the grand monuments. The rest of the squares were laid out as open commons for the people to use as parks and activities I mentioned above.
