Lebanon Plantation - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Lebanon Plantation - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Lebanon Plantation is a state historic site located at 5745 Ogeechee Road in Savannah, Georgia. The site is over consisting of a large estate granted to James Deveaux in 1756, and was named for the many cedar trees on the property. An additional 500 acres were granted to Phillip Delegal in 1758 and eventually became part of the plantation. The site was purchased by Joseph Habersham in 1802. Habersham sold it in 1804 to George W. Anderson who built the main house that was rebuilt and added on to after the American Civil War. Anderson's son, George Wayne Anderson, JR Commanded Fort McAllister in the Civil War, and after the fort fell, Lebanon became his prison and the headquarters of the Fifteenth Army Corps of the US Army. Read more on Wikipedia
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