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==History== The city was named for railroad employee Robert William Pooler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=57422|title=Profile for Pooler, Georgia|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=2010-06-14}}</ref> During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Pooler was a railway stop called Pooler's Station—the last stop before Savannah on the [[Central of Georgia Railway]]. In December 1864, Pooler was a meeting place for [[Union Army|Union]] officers led by [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], who negotiated with Savannah authorities for the strategic port city's peaceful surrender.
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