In the last post I mentioned the blockade-runner Ladona that was captured August 4, 1862, at Hell Gate, Georgia, by the USS Unadilla. I'd never heard of a Hell Gate, Georgia, so had to do some research.
It is located near Savannah, south of Skidaway Island, east of the town of Richmond Hill in Chatham County. I also saw that it is a channel and there is fishing there.
It's lat. and long. N-31.8672, W-81.08372.
My sister, Julie, lives near there. I wonder if she has ever heard anything about it?
I also found a connection with a town in Vermont named Georgia that got the name Hell's Gate during the War of 1812, so will write about that in my War of 1812 Blog, Not So Forgotten.
Old B-R'er
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