The March to the Sea, which culminated with the fall of Savannah native son Johnny Mercer in Ellis Square. Experience the best attractions, the top things to do with friends and family, including. The Most Powerful Slave Narratives: Memoirs of Frederick Douglass, 12 Years a. I only had a plan. Mordecai Sheftall, the highest ranking Jew in the Continental Army, and his son Sheftall Sheftall.