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Joseph L. McAllister, son of George. W. McAllister, was a planter from Bryan County Georgia. After the death of his father in 1850, Joseph inherited Strathy Hall, a large plantation in South-East Bryan County, and entered the ranks of the "gentlemen-farmers." Then in 1861, the life of Joseph McAllister made a drastic change. With the outbreak of the American Civil war, Joseph enlisted in Confederate Service. He allow the construction of an earth fortification at Strathy Hall with the condition that the fortress built there would be named for his father, George Washington McAllister. From 1861 to 1864, Joseph participated in the defense of the city of Savannah, and in April 1862, Joseph mustered into service a company of mounted infantrymen called "The Hardwicke Rifles" to serve his state. Then in 1864, Joseph's command was transferred to the 7th Georgia Cavalry and ordered to Virginia. It was at Trevilian Station that Joseph gave his most for his beliefs. On the 12th of June, 1864, Joseph L. McAllister died in battle bravely fighting against overwhelming odds. He is buried at Louisa Courthouse, Virginia.
Publication Date
Fall 1987
Recommended Citation
Kennington, John, "Joseph L. McAllister" (1987). Savannah Biographies. 211.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/211
