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Definition of Savannah River
1. Noun. A river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic.
Group relationships: Palmetto State, Sc, South Carolina
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of Savannah River
Literary usage of Savannah River
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"This rice plantation was dependent for its irrigation upon the water» of the
Savannah river and its ditches, drains, and canals, through and by which the ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"This rice plantation was dependent for its irrigation upon the waters of the
Savannah river and its ditches, drains, and canals, through and by which the ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore (1866)
"... the plank-road on the South-Carolina shore, known as the "Union Causeway,"
which I thought I could reach from my left flank across the Savannah River. ..."
4. The History of Georgia by Charles Colcock Jones (1883)
"So close was his pursuit that the rear of General Howe's army had barely crossed
the Savannah River at Sister's ferry when the British infantry came up and ..."
5. Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman (1999)
"I would prefer his holding Augusta (as the probabilities are); for then, with
the Savannah River in our possession, the taking of Augusta would be a mere ..."
6. Travels in North America in the Years 1841-2: With Geological Observations by Charles Lyell (1845)
"Voyage down the Savannah River.—Shell Bluff.— Slave-labour.—Fever and
Ague.—Millhaven.—Pine Forests of Georgia.—Alligators and Land-Tortoises. ..."
7. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1911)
"... consequently that •pot wa» said to be the head of Savannah River. Georgia contended
that the source of the Keowee was the head of the Savannah River. ..."
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