Old Fort Jackson

UPDATE: Our phone lines have been restored. Please note that phone lines at Old Fort Jackson are currently down. Any updates will be posted here on our page.

At Old Fort Jackson, we offer more than just a cannon firing! We offer many engaging presentations which explore various aspects of the experiences of the soldiers stationed at the Fort. Here, Coastal Heritage Society Interpretive Supervisor Aaron Bradford beats the Surgeon’s Call. This call would usually be sounded soon after the garrison was awakened by Reveille. Soldiers would assemble to take their quinine, if any was available, along with other medicine to fight deadly disease. Join us at Old Fort Jackson and learn more! Typically, the heart of our formal programs occur between 10 until 11:30 AM and from 1 PM until 2:30 PM.

Here’s a throwback to Coastal Heritage Society Resource Educator Chase Freeman firing our 6 Pounder Gun in the Rice Field. Behold the sights and sounds of daily cannon firing presentations at Old Fort Jackson! We are open from 9 AM until 4 PM on Wednesday through Sunday, with cannon firing presentations at 11 AM and 2 PM. We hope you join us at the oldest standing Fort in Georgia!

Please note that we will be CLOSED Sunday, May 2nd. We will reopen for regular hours of operation on Wednesday, May 5th at 9am. Our regular hours of operation are Wednesday-Sunday, 9am-4pm.

If you didn't make it out to Old Fort Jackson to get a signed copy of Laura Seifert's recently released book, Images of America: Old Fort Jackson, you can support Forsyth Farmers' Market by bidding on the book as part of their silent auction! This item also includes Coastal Heritage Society museum passes for all six of their historic sites and museums, including Old Fort Jackson. Click the link to check out the auction: https://cbo.io/bidapp/index.php?slug=ffm#

Three cheers and a tiger for the 200 guests who joined us today! Here, Coastal Heritage Society Site Administrator Justin Childers and Interpretive Supervisor Aaron Bradford portray Savannah soldiers of the Republican Blues stationed at Fort Jackson on this day in 1862. In this drill using Hardee’s Revised Manual, they load in Nine Times, fire as skirmishers in the advance and retreat, fire by rank, and charge with the bayonet. A number of small clashes between Union and Confederate forces occurred on Wilmington and Whitemarsh Island in March of ‘62!

UPDATE: Power and phone lines have been restored and restrooms are available on site. Friday, September 25th: Please note that Old Fort Jackson is currently experiencing a power outage. Our site is open, but we are not able to offer working restrooms on site and our phones are down. Watch this space for updates!

Old Fort Jackson and Savannah History Museum will be temporarily closing to the public beginning Sunday, November 1st. Old Fort Jackson and Savannah History Museum will still be offered as a venue available for private events and booked group tours. Please note that two Coastal Heritage Society sites, Georgia State Railroad Museum and Savannah Children's Museum, will remain open to the public ThursdaySaturday from 9:30am-2:30pm.

Old Fort Jackson Assistant Site Manager Walter Rivas captured this video of CMA CGM GROUP (Official) Brazil passing by the fort this morning. The Brazil is the largest container ship ever to serve the U.S. East Coast, with a capacity of more than 15,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units! #gaports #savannah

UPDATE: Power and phone lines have been restored and restrooms are available on site. Friday, September 25th: Please note that Old Fort Jackson is currently experiencing a power outage. Our site is open, but we are not able to offer working restrooms on site and our phones are down. Watch this space for updates!

A donation in any amount of your choosing to Coastal Heritage Society's Annual Fund will provide an immediate and lasting impact to Old Fort Jackson.

UPDATE: All parts of the fort have been reopened. Thank you for your patience! Saturday, September 19th: Please note that Old Fort Jackson will be offering alternative programming due to tidal flooding inside the fort. Areas of the fort will be CLOSED. Regular programming will resume once flood waters have receded. Please check this page for any updates.

Old Fort Jackson Assistant Site Manager Walter Rivas captured this video of CMA CGM GROUP (Official) Brazil passing by the fort this morning. The Brazil is the largest container ship ever to serve the U.S. East Coast, with a capacity of more than 15,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units! #gaports #savannah

Come out and see us for Labor Day!

As Old Fort Jackson was built for the War of 1812, the world-shaping events in August of 1814 were followed by Savannahians! Here’s a thrilling invitation by a sister second system fort, Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine. Please follow the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail to relive the British Invasion of our nation’s Capitol. Huzzah!

We at Coastal Heritage Society are so happy to have made the list for South Magazine’s Greatest Savannah Destinations for 2020!

Come out and see us this weekend! We are currently open 9am-5pm, Wednesday-Sunday.

Thanks again to everyone who made it out to Old Fort Jackson this past weekend!

Thank you to all our visitors and to WSAV News 3 On Your Side for coming out to see us for A Family Fourth!

Thank you to everyone who made it out to the fort today for A Family Fourth!

Old Fort Jackson is now OPEN! We will be open 9am-5pm, Wednesday-Sunday starting today, Wednesday, July 1st. Come and see us this 4th of July weekend for A Family Fourth to learn all about Savannah's fascinating Revolutionary War history!

Old Fort Jackson will be closed until further notice. Please continue to check our Facebook page and website for info about reopening. We apologize for the inconvenience.