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When Georgia cotton was the world standard, River Street was where cotton merchants’ offices and warehouses were located in six-storey buildings right by the docks for ease of loading the bales onto ships. The Civil War blockade 150 years ago put a temporary end to that trade, and when General Sherman captured Savannah he informed President Lincoln that the spoils of war there included about twe...
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Misty
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High class place!! I would love to grab a coffee or tea along the pier there, looks so posh. Very cool they commemorated the "waving girl" with a statue- thanks for sharing some of Savannah's history with me!