Editing Thunderbolt, Georgia (section)

==History==
An early variant name was "Warsaw". The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated the town as "Warsaw" in 1856.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/t.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=226 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> Coincidentally, [[Casimir Pulaski]], who was born in [[Warsaw, Poland]], died in Thunderbolt. An act of legislature officially changed the town's name to "Thunderbolt" in 1921.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AgZLAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1122|year=1921|page=1122}}</ref>

According to tradition, Thunderbolt was named from an incident when lightning strike caused a [[spring (hydrology)|spring]] to open up.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Candler|first1=Allen Daniel|last2=Evans|first2=Clement Anselm|title=Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons|url=https://archive.org/details/georgiacomprisi01unkngoog|year=1906|publisher=State historical association|page=[https://archive.org/details/georgiacomprisi01unkngoog/page/n431 443]}}</ref>

Fort Thunderbolt, colloquially referred to as the Thunderbolt Battery, was built to protect the city of Savannah from invading Union forces advancing from Whitemarsh Island.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mayle |first=Mary Carr |title=Portside: Saving a piece of Thunderbolt history |url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/business/2016/08/26/portside-saving-piece-thunderbolt-history/13972542007/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Savannah Morning News |language=en-US}}</ref>