Fort Augusta - Fort Cornwallis Marker
GA - Augusta, Georgia, USA
605 Reynolds St, Augusta, GA 30901, USA
MARKER
VISITOR INFORMATION
The outdoor historical marker has no separate admission ticket or staffed hours. Follow any posted hours or access rules for the surrounding park or property.
A roadside historical marker, free to read at any time. There is no parking area or restroom at the marker itself, so pull over only where it is safe to do so.
SITE FEATURES
Peak visitation season unconfirmed. No reliable site-specific monthly attendance pattern was established.
March-April or October-November for the Fort Augusta/Fort Cornwallis marker in generally milder Georgia weather. Confirm access to St. Paul’s churchyard and any church interior separately.
HISTORIC SITES NEARBY
Nearby Historic Sites
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WHO WAS HERE
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Light-Horse Harry Lee
About Fort Augusta - Fort Cornwallis Marker
British forces built Fort Cornwallis at Augusta and used it to control Georgia’s backcountry. In 1781, Americans under Andrew Pickens and Henry Lee besieged the post, employing a Mayham tower to fire into its defenses. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Brown surrendered on June 5, ending a major center of British power in the region.
A 1956 historical marker beside St. Paul's Church commemorates Fort Augusta and Fort Cornwallis. Georgia's marker-program inventory records removal of the fortifications in 1786 and replacement of the later church after the 1916 fire. The metal sign and present church are later resources, rather than original forts or the Revolutionary church.
History happened here at Fort Augusta - Fort Cornwallis Marker
British forces built Fort Cornwallis at Augusta and used it to control Georgia’s backcountry. In 1781, Americans under Andrew Pickens and Henry Lee besieged the post, employing a Mayham tower to fire into its defenses. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Brown surrendered on June 5, ending a major center of British power in the region. During the Revolution, the British on this spot erected Fort Cornwallis, which was captured by the Americans by surprise September 14, 1780, but soon abandoned to the British. In May, 1781, an attack under General Andrew Pickens and Lieutenant Colonel " Light Horse Harry" Lee, and the use of a Mayham tower, forced surrender by the British Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Brown, capitulation taking place on June 5, 1781.
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EXTERNAL LINKS
www.georgiahistory.com: https://www.georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/fort-augusta-fort-cornwallis-st-pauls-church/
dlg.usg.edu: https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_fort-augusta-fort-cornwallis-st
www.hmdb.org: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=9723
www.georgiahistory.com: https://www.georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/fort-grierson/
www.fortwiki.com: https://www.fortwiki.com/Fort_Augusta_%28Georgia%29