Dumb person question for smart people #2

[sinclair1]

I live near Ft McAllister and the Ford plantation which Henry Ford rebuilt some houses after Sherman’s march.

I live a stones throw from the River on a marsh.

My question is how wide and far away from marked routes did soldiers stray?

Wondering if I should buy the water proof head for my metal detector and hit the swamp behind the house.

 

[Nicodemus]

I live near Ft McAllister and the Ford plantation which Henry Ford rebuilt some houses after Sherman’s march.

I live a stones throw from the River on a marsh.

My question is how wide and far away from marked routes did soldiers stray?

Wondering if I should buy the water proof head for my metal detector and hit the swamp behind the house.

The area you`re living in is full of history, from the Paleo People of the last Ice Age, Spanish, French, English, Crackers, swampers, turpentiners, you name it. You`ll find stuff, rest assured of that.

 

[Toliver]

I'd see if I could find any information on geographical changes from 1864 to now. Water may have been drained off for farming or rerouted for irrigation. With 10s of thousands of troops moving through an area, it stands to reason a few strayed off the path. I'd also look for maps of encampment and small skirmishes that don't make the standard history books.

 

[Silver Britches]

I know this question isn’t meant for me , but I recommend looking around some of those huge live oaks in your area. Soldiers would rest / camp under them. If where you look hasn’t been searched to death, I’ll bout guarantee you’ll find something of historical value. Go look off the beaten path.

 

[oldfella1962]

I know this question isn’t meant for me , but I recommend looking around some of those huge live oaks in your area. Soldiers would rest / camp under them. If where you look hasn’t been searched to death, I’ll bout guarantee you’ll find something of historical value. Go look off the beaten path.

How long do live oaks last? Would a live oak big enough to provide good shade still be around 160 years or so after the fact? I honestly don't know how long they generally live, the thought just popped into my head.

 

[Toliver]

How long do live oaks last? Would a live oak big enough to provide good shade still be around 160 years or so after the fact? I honestly don't know how long they generally live, the thought just popped into my head.

They live hundreds of years so the answer to your question is, Yes, easily. There are still trees around planted in the 1700s lining old plantation driveways.

 

[oldfella1962]

They live hundreds of years so the answer to your question is, Yes, easily. There are still trees around planted in the 1700s lining old plantation driveways.

Oh I see! I bet a lot of trees could have bullets and whatnot imbedded deep in them from both the Revolution and the Civil War depending on their location.

 

[livinoutdoors]

How long do live oaks last? Would a live oak big enough to provide good shade still be around 160 years or so after the fact? I honestly don't know how long they generally live, the thought just popped into my head.

They get to be very very old. Neat tree. Wish we had em up here to look at.

 

[Toliver]

Oh I see! I bet a lot of trees could have bullets and whatnot imbedded deep in them from both the Revolution and the Civil War depending on their location.

Well, there was the siege of Savannah. The Americans and French failed to take the port back from the Brits. One of the highest casualty counts of the war. I bet there's a map of the movements of troops to see if there is anywhere he has access to relic hunt. But I'd nearly be willing to bet it's developed, owned by someone who won't give permission or state/federal land where's it's illegal to dig for relics.

 

[Nicodemus]

How long do live oaks last? Would a live oak big enough to provide good shade still be around 160 years or so after the fact? I honestly don't know how long they generally live, the thought just popped into my head.

This was an old live oak during the Revolutionary War.

Hampton Plantation | Charleston Museum

 

[sinclair1]

How long do live oaks last? Would a live oak big enough to provide good shade still be around 160 years or so after the fact? I honestly don't know how long they generally live, the thought just popped into my head.

This one is near the house. The pic didn’t do it justice. The bottom one was on the news when they were going to cut it down to widen the highway.

 

[oldfella1962]

They get to be very very old. Neat tree. Wish we had em up here to look at.

One reason I like visiting Savannah! Wild how those branches get so long they have to be propped up or they break off.

 

[mark-7mag]

This one is near the house. The pic didn’t do it justice. The bottom one was on the news when they were going to cut it down to widen the highway.View attachment 1262930
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Your truck window is dirty

 

[Throwback]

Your truck window is dirty

That happens when you lick them

 

[fireman32]

One reason I like visiting Savannah! Wild how those branches get so long they have to be propped up or they break off.

I’ve been told that oaks spend the first 100 years growing, the next 100 years living and the last 100 years dying.

 

[sinclair1]

Your truck window is dirty

Thanks helpy helperton! I found the guilty party

 

[Nicodemus]

I’ve been told that oaks spend the first 100 years growing, the next 100 years living and the last 100 years dying.

That`s what the folks at Wormsloe Plantation told us too, but I`m fairly sure they can live considerable longer than that.

 

[sinclair1]

Tree so wide it took two pictures just to get one side

 

[earlthegoat2]

Thanks helpy helperton! I found the guilty party View attachment 1263107

What do you call the spot between between the driver and driver door? It’s not shotgun. Maybe blunderbuss?

Anyway, there is a live oak just down the road from me. The Majestic Oak. Estimated to be over 500 years old.

 

[sinclair1]

What do you call the spot between between the driver and driver door? It’s not shotgun. Maybe blunderbuss?

Anyway, there is a live oak just down the road from me. The Majestic Oak. Estimated to be over 500 years old.

He rides in a harness until we get on the slow road near work, then he drives the last mile

My marsh lot has mostly pines and young oaks, maybe 25-35 years old.