Show when georgia had navy georgia had a navy ot of tier hue own a acar car before the adoption of the confederate constitution although of 0 doubtful constitutional status in 1801 it often was referred to as the georgia elect or the georgia navy and sometimes as the mosquito liecbt originally it was composed of tin an old river steamer and two or three small tug boats on which were mounted cannon la later laer er it boasted four small gunboats gun boats the savannah resolute sampson and the udy ly davis in the civil war the ilia georgia navy participated in engagements all gage ments around royal S C and at points along tile coast of georgia and florida savannah seems to have been its base to prevent present capture when savannah Sa annah tell fell to 1 general gen eral sherman flierman Sli erman tile the georgia navy wm was sunk by itt its commander commodore tatt aau detroit |