C.S.S. Georgia Archival Study]]> CSS Georgia]]> CSS Georgia Savannah Harbor, Georgia]]> CSS Georgia]]> CSS Georgia shipwreck, a National Register of Historic Places listed site. Locally built in 1862 and originally designed as an ironclad gunboat, Georgia was moored in the Savannah River opposite Fort Jackson approximately five miles down river from the City of Savannah. Designated a “Floating Battery,” the vessel served as an integral element of Confederate defenses that protected Savannah until General W. T. Sherman’s Union Army captured the city. After a 20-month operational life, Georgia was scuttled in December 1864 to prevent capture by advancing Union troops.]]> ]]>