1779	The Battle of Savannah is fought by French, British, and American soldiers.
1833	The Central Railroad is chartered and a depot is begun in the old Battlefield area with full support of Savannah City government and business interests.
1851	A new consolidated depot is begun as a major Capital Project. 80% of these buildings still stand.
1861-65	The depot survives the Civil War
1893	The Railroad is reincorporated as the Central of Georgia Railway.
1936	The Central of Georgia begins to use diesel engines.
1956	The Central of Georgia retires its last steam locomotive resulting in phase out in Savannah Repair Shops.
1963	Southern Railroad acquires the Central of Georgia and the phase out in Savannah accelerates.
1964	The Daughters of the American Revolution propose a 50-acre memorial park on the old Battlefield.
1965	Confidential plan J prepared by the Metropolitan Planning Committee details a Battlefield development.
1970s	The Savannah Depot Buildings are gradually abandoned.
1978	The Central of Georgia Railroad Shops and Terminal/Battlefield area are declared a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior.
1970s-early 80s	The city of Savannah stabilizes several buildings in the Repair Shops.
1975	The Passenger Station reverts to city ownership and is converted into the Visitor Center and headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce.
1975	The Coastal Heritage Society is organized and begins operation at Old Fort Jackson.
1975	Demolition of the Repair Shops is halted by citizens seeking a court order. Property is transferred to the City of Savannah.
1975	Historic American Engineering Record (H.A.E.R.) records the Historic Railroad buildings.
1976	Battlefield Park Commission is formed and funded and revises plans and seeks support for development.
1978	The Coastal Heritage Society adopts the C.S.S. Georgia as an advocacy project.
1980	Parsons Brinkerhoff proposes an 80 million dollar development concept.
1984	The first phase of Parsons Brinkerhoff plan is opened as the Great Savannah Exposition located in the Train Shed attached to the Passenger Station. (A 13 million dollar investment.)
1989	Coastal Heritage Society is given management and development responsibilities for the Railroad Repair Shops buildings.
1990	Coastal Heritage Society is given management of the Savannah History Museum, successor to the Great Savannah Exposition.
1990s	Savannah College of Art and Design secures four major railroad structures north of the Visitor Center. This preserves the totality of the Railroad complex except for two structures still in railroad hands.
1994	The City of Savannah adopts a position to acquire the remaining railroad property in the Landmark area using SP Local Option Sales Tax funds designated for that purpose.
1997	The Railroad Repair Shops are designated the State of Georgia Railroad Museum.
2003	Savannah voters approve $8 million in Special Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) funds to develop Battlefield Park
December 2003	The City of Savannah purchases 9.5 acres from Norfolk Southern Corporation for Battlefield Park.
April 2004	City contract crews remove traces of lead and arsenic left behind at the site by years of railroad occupation. The work is done by summer.
Summer 2004	The State of Georgia approves a special $6 bond issue to fund Battlefield Park
September 2004	The Coastal Heritage Society begins a private fundraising campaign to create the Spring Hill Redoubt, a memorial to the more than 800 troops killed or wounded here on October 9, 1779.
November 2004	The Coastal Heritage Society's Curatorial Staff conducts a survey of the remediation site using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). This allows them to look underground for traces of the Battle without actually disturbing the soil. The results are inconclusive, showing mainly traces of the railroad occupation of the site.
August 2005	An archaeological team lead by CHS Curator of Exhibits Rita Elliott discovers traces of the original Spring Hill Redoubt, including trenchwork, musket balls, a gun part, and traces of wooden posts that stood in the ditch surrounding the fortification.
October 2007	Savannah Mayor Otis Johnson joined Coastal Heritage Society President Mills Lane Morrison, Jr. and dozens of other dignitaries to cut a white ribbon, officially opening Battlefield Memorial Park to the public.