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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP4P_confederate-memorial-day-in-macon_Macon-GA.html
On Thursday, April 26, 1866, the graves of Confederate soldiers in Rose Hill Cemetery and in the cemetery at 7th and Cherry Streets were decorated with flowers by the members of the Ladies' Memorial Association, organized in March 1866 with Mrs. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGI_mulberry-street-methodist-church_Macon-GA.html
This church, organized in 1826, is on land deeded to it by the Georgia Legislature in the same year. In 1828, the first church building in Macon was erected on this site. The first appointed pastor was Thomas Darley, who had been ordained by Bisho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVL_jefferson-davis-at-the-lanier-house_Macon-GA.html
On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (100 miles NE), where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVK_the-march-to-the-sea_Macon-GA.html
On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, began his March to the Sea. His army (650,000 infantry and 5,500 cavalry) moved in two widely separated wings. The Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps), Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGV7_alfred-holt-colquitt_Macon-GA.html
Governor of Georgia (1877-1882), U.S. Congressman (1853-1855), U.S. Senator (1883-1894), Major U.S. Army in the Mexican War, Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army, Alfred Holt Colquitt is buried here. Born in Walton County, Georgia, April 20, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGV2_general-edward-dorr-tracy-jr_Macon-GA.html
Edward D. Tracy, Jr., was born in Macon, Georgia, on Nov. 5, 1833. His father served as Macon's second Mayor (1826-1828), a Judge of Superior Court, and hosted General Lafayette during his visit to Macon in 1825. The younger Tracy graduated from t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUU_wilsons-raid-to-macon_Macon-GA.html
On March 22, 1865, the Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi [US], Bvt. Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, left the Tennessee River near Florence, Ala., and marched south to Selma to destroy its arsenals and foundries. On April 10th, af…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOL_st-peter-claver-catholic-church-and-school_Macon-GA.html
This African-American parish began in 1888 and was named St. Peter Claver in 1903, in honor of the Patron Saint of Negro Missions. The current school, convent, and rectory were built here after the parish moved from Pio Nono Avenue in 1913. The ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOK_john-basil-lamar_Macon-GA.html
Col. John Basil Lamer, aide-de-camp of General Howell Cobb, his brother-in-law and close friend, was mortally wounded on September 14, 1862 while vainly trying to rally Cobb's Brigade at Crampton's Gap, Maryland. After temporary burial in Charles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFGV_judge-asa-holt-house_Macon-GA.html
This house, built in 1853 by Judge Asa Holt, was struck by a cannon ball from Gen. Stoneman guns in East Macon during the Battle of Dunlap Hill. July 30, 1864, when the Union army tried unsuccessfully to take Macon. The ball, now in the po…