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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4Y_floyd-chapel-baptist-church_Stockbridge-GA.html
Floyd Chapel Baptist Church was a safe place for African Americans to worship in the early 1800s. One of the first churches in Stock bridge, its original location was approximately 1.5 miles north, off of what is now called East Atlanta Road. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTM6_the-orphan-brigade_Stockbridge-GA.html
1864. Activities in Atlanta indicating a new offensive by Gen. Sherman's army [US], which had occupied that area since Sept. 2nd, units of Gen. Wheeler's cavalry corps [CS] were posted on all roads to the south. On Nov. 15th, the advance of Osterh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTM2_the-right-wing-at-stockbridge_Stockbridge-GA.html
On the night of Nov. 15, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman's army [US] camped near Stockbridge on its destructive March to the Sea. The Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) camped between Stone Mountain and Lithonia. Blai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCG9_clayton-county_Stockbridge-GA.html
Clayton County was created by Act of Nov. 30, 1858 from Fayette and Henry Counties. It was named for Augustine Smith Clayton, born at Fredericksburg, Va., Nov. 27, 1783, who moved to Georgia before 1800. A graduate of the U. of Ga., he was a lawye…
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