Ka kammala wannan magana: Sa'ad da aka soma Yaƙin neman 'Yancin kai na Amirka, Savannah ta zama tashar jiragen ruwa na kasuwanci mafi kudanci a cikin Goma Sha Uku. Sojojin Burtaniya sun kwace garin a 1778, kuma a shekara mai zuwa hadin gwiwar sojojin Amurka da Faransa, gami da 'yan Haiti, sun kasa fatattakar' yan Burtaniya a
Kewaye da Savannah. 'Yan Birtaniya ba su bar birnin ba har zuwa Yuli 1782. A watan Disamba na 1804 majalisar dokoki ta bayyana Milledgeville a matsayin sabon babban birnin Georgia.