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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29I3_site-of-the-naval-battery_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Manned with sailors and commanded by Lt. Commander Gillis of the U.S.S. Milwaukee, which was sunk by a Confederate torpedo in Blakeley River. Armed with two 4.2 in. Parrott rifled cannon firing projectiles weighing 30 lbs., these guns fired on Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29FV_marengo-county-confederate-monument-a-war-memorial_Demopolis-AL.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29C2_mose-hampton-1808-1885_Centre-AL.html
Mose Hampton bought his freedom prior to the Civil War. He was a builder, assisted in laying out and surveying the town of Centre, a minister in the Episcopal Methodist North, and an inventor. Mr. Hampton owned land in the vicinity of this marker …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29C1_j-d-jordan-jr-house_Centre-AL.html
This house was built in 1846 by George Walden soon after the town of Centre was laid out. The house was occupied by Judge Wm. Lafayette Whitlock who was a lawyer, delegate to the 1861 Secession Convention and judge of the 12th judicial district. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM299V_cultural-exchange-and-cooperation_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
Cultural Exchange and CooperationThough significant cultural conflict characterized Creek-American relations in the Chattahoochee Valley, and Creeks faced numerous forms of exploitation, not all relationships between Creeks and settlers were adver…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2991_united-states-indian-trading-post_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
United States Indian Trading Post
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, March 1814, ended the Creek Indian War. General Andrew Jackson met with Chief William Weatherford and signed the Treaty. The Creek Indians returned to their own land in the southeast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM298S_creek-towns_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
Creek TownsAt its height, the Creek Nation consisted of about 20,000 people living in more
than seventy townships, or talwas (tvlwv), scattered throughout modern-day Alabama and Georgia. Creek townships commonly consisted of a primary town and a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM298D_address-by-president-lincoln-a-war-memorial_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2984_fort-mitchell_Fort-Mitchell-AL.html
Fort Mitchell
Fort Mitchell is located on the Federal Road on the West bank overlooking the Chattahoochee River.
General John Floyd received orders from Governor David B. Mitchell to pick up supplies, cross the Chattahoochee River and proceed to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28OB_racial-inequality-in-the-united-states_Montgomery-AL.html
Black and brown people in the United States often are presumed dangerous and guilty when thet have done nothing wrong. Our history of racial inequality has created conscious and unconscious bias that has resulted in racial discrimination against p…