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  • Revolutionary War site still a mystery[GA]

    03/09/2009 10:38:04 AM PDT · by BGHater · 8 replies · 738+ views
    WTOC ^ | 02 Mar 2009 | Dal Cannady
    History and a mystery all rolled into one. Musket fire filled the woods near Brier Creek, but nothing like 230 years ago. Crowds gathered to remember the 3,000 Revolutionary War soldiers who fought there on this date. Among them, Tom Gurley's great, great, great grandfather. "He submitted paperwork for a Revolutionary War pension and in his deposition he described marching here, the battle and escaping across the Savannah River." said Gurley. 150 men weren't as lucky. They were killed by the British in one of the war's lesser known battles. Local historians know the names of many who died here,...