On the night of August 3rd, 1864, at Ebenezer Church near here, Federal troops captured 23 old men who were civilians too old for military service and served as the sole protection of McIntosh County, which was constantly being plundered by forces from blockade gunboats. Warned of the gathering by spies, the troops surrounded the church in the darkness, opened fire, captured the men, and marched them overland to Blue and Hall Landing near Darien, where they were put aboard ship and taken to Northern prisons.