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Inland from Ossabaw Island is the National Historic District of Midway. This oak-shaded community embodies the colonial spirit of coastal Georgia. Midway Church, second oldest in Georgia, and its beautiful cemetery anchor a town settled in 1752. Home to two signers of the Declaration of Independence, Midway was burned by the British during the American Revolution.
The present church was erected in 1792 as the town was re-established. The attendant prosperity was again interrupted when Sherman's Yankee cavalry ransacked the area during the infamous "March to the Sea". Midway was abandoned after the Civil War and slow to recover. The church is still used today for weddings and special events.
The Midway Museum is an excellent hub from which to explore much of coastal Georgia's past. To the north is the town of Richmond Hill, which captured the fancy of Henry Ford. Fort McAllister, on the Ogeechee River, defended Savannah until captured by Sherman's troops. To the west are the National Historic sites of Dorchester Academy, a school for freed slaves, and the beautiful gardens of the LeCounte-Woodmanston Plantation. The Revolutionary War Fort Morris and the colonial town site of Sunbury lie to the southeast.