Weapons Of Ebenezer, Georgia In The American Revolution

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Archaeology of Arms: New Analytical Approaches", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

During the American Revolution, the town of New Ebenezer, Georgia alternated between British and Patriot headquarters. In 1779 British forces built seven redoubts surrounding the town. In 1782, Continentals entered Ebenezer and began to reclaim Georgia. Archaeologists have studied eight military locations in addition to other investigations here during the past 35 years. This includes four of seven known redoubts, a military camp and features related to and surrounding the Jerusalem Lutheran Church, and two specific artillery locations. This paper examines these military-related components and focuses on portable X-ray Florescence (pXRF) elemental analysis of ammunition from large and small arms at these locations. This technology allows us to distinguish between Patriot and British ammunition based on elemental composition. The Ebenezer evidence contributes to the newly created global pXRF database.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Archaeology of Arms: New Analytical Approaches   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023

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