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The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], A Sketch of Savannah. (search)
or. Among the charitable institutions may be mentioned the Orphan Asylum, the Savannah Hospital, the Georgia Infirmary, the Union Society, the Widows' Society, the Savannah Free School, Hibernian and St. Andrew's Societies, and Seamen's Friend Society. A monument has been erected in Johnson Square to the memory of General Greene, and another (a most imposing structure) to the memory of Pulaski, the noble Pole who gallantly fell in an attack on the city, when held by the British, in October, 1789. The city is lighted with gas, and well supplied with water from the Savannah river. Savannah is the centre of a very extensive system of railroads, which contributed vastly to its commercial importance and general prosperity. Thirteen railroads, direct or tributary, converged to Savannah in 1861, and their united length measured one thousand and fifty-five miles. The workshops and depots of the Georgia Central railroad are located at Savannah, and are confessedly the most giga