USE YOUR IMAGINATION
If you want to study significant Revolutionary War sites in Augusta, GA, you have to use your imagination.
Look at the tower on the building to the left. Now, notice the tower in the background.
The building to the left is the old Cotton Exchange building (for sale!) and the building in the background is St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The church is built on the location of famed Ft. Cornwallis, and the tower on the Cotton Exchange building is the approximate location of the Maham tower built by Andrew Pickens and Light Horse Harry Lee on June 5, 1781. The 30’ tall Maham tower was built to overcome the Ft. Cornwallis’ defenses.
Now, imagine a six pounder cannon hauled to the top of the tower and pounding Ft. Cornwallis into submission. The surrender of the fort kept Augusta in Patriot hands for the remainder of the war.
Imagine that. If you want to study significant Revolutionary War activities in Augusta, it helps to have an active imagination.
The city itself is sorely lacking in providing this information.
