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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2504_stone-mountain-cemetery_Stone-Mountain-GA.html
On July 18 & 19, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign, Union Brigadier General Kenner Garrard's cavalry division raided Stone Mountain. They skirmished with the Confederate cavalry brigade of Colonel George G. Dibrell, destroyed two miles of railroad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3C_stone-mountain-confederate-memorial_Stone-Mountain-GA.html
Tablet #1
There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done - the honor of the integrity of principle.
Robert E. Lee
Tablet #2
So, my son, when in the conflict of life the cloud and the darkness come stand unflinchingly by you p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3B_the-country-comes-before-me_Stone-Mountain-GA.html
Tablet #1
The richer, the wiser, the more powerful a man is, the greater is the obligation upon him to employ his gifts in the lessening of that sum of human misery.
John Randolph
Tablet #2
Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMKZ_the-march-to-the-sea_Stone-Mountain-GA.html
On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the. North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah — the March to the Sea. He divided his army {US] into two wings. The Right W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMKD_unknown-confederate-dead_Stone-Mountain-GA.html
Here sleep, known but to God, approximately one hundred and fifty Confederate soldiers, most of whom died from disease, or wounds in the Confederate hospitals that were located near this spot. Some were killed in a skirmish with Federal raiders ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMBF_hightower-etowah-trail_Stone-Mountain-GA.html
Hightower (Etowah) Trail, one of the best marked Indian Trails in Georgia, was a much used crossover between two of the noted Trading Paths radiating from Augusta. Recognized as a former boundary between Cherokee and Creek lands, a part of it beca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM745_covered-bridge_Stone-Mountain-GA.html
"Covered bridges" or "lattice bridges" werecommon throughout the Eastern U.S, during thenineteenth century. This bridge formerlyspanned the North Fork of the Oconee River inthe city of Athens, Ga.. connecting CollegeAvenue and Hobson Avenue.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6EB_garrards-cavalry-at-stone-mtn-depot_Stone-Mountain-GA.html
July 18, 1864. Garrard's cav. div. & Lightburn's 15th A.C. (US) brigade moved from Browning's Court House (TUCKER), to this vicinity & destroyed 2 miles of Ga. R.R. track, several culverts, & the water tank.
July 19. Long's & Miller's brigades,…