Madison Square

Laid out in 1837 on Bull Street and named for President James Madison, the square holds a statue of Sergeant William Jasper, a defender of Savannah mortally wounded in the failed 1779 Siege of Savannah while raising his regiment's flag. Local legend holds that the ground beneath the square includes graves of soldiers who died of their wounds nearby, and that Jasper and his fellow dead haunt the site. Visitors have reported a solid, man-shaped black shadow near the Jasper monument, along with disembodied voices and unexplained cold spots after dark.