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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAKW_seven-islands-road_Madison-GA.html
The Seven Islands - Alabama Road - was an important emigrant route to the west. Travelers from northeast Georgia and the upper Carolinas followed this trace to the Mississippi Territory, Louisiana, and later Texas.
Originally an important link …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAKT_bostwick_Bishop-GA.html
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of Bostwick Named in honor of the family who contributed substantially to the economic success of the community, Bostwick was incorporated by t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAKJ_the-march-to-the-sea_Buckhead-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 Win…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJS_godfrey_Madison-GA.html
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community ofGodfreyThe town of Godfrey was incorporated by the Georgia Legislature on July 25, 1906. However, this community has much older roots. Local …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJH_the-stoneman-raid_Madison-GA.html
Closing in on Atlanta in July 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, found its vast fortifications "too strong to assault and too extensive to invest." To force an evacuation, he sent Maj. Gen. George Stoneman's cavalry [US] (2112 men and 2 guns) to c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJG_the-march-to-the-sea_Rutledge-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 Wing mar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJF_the-march-to-the-sea_Madison-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 Wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJB_antioch-baptist-church_Madison-GA.html
Three miles from here in a grove of oaks Antioch Baptist Church was established in a primitive log cabin, Sept. 18, 1809. Soon a building 40 x 60 was erected on 4-1/2 acres of land including the original site.
In Sept. 1827, 4,000 people includ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJ1_federal-raid_Buckhead-GA.html
On Saturday, November 19, 1864, Federal troops under Gen. Geary, Sherman's 20th Army Corps, drove a small detachment of Confederate soldiers out of Buckhead, ate dinner and then destroyed the water tank, all railroad buildings and a large supply o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAIT_buckhead_Buckhead-GA.html
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community ofBuckheadOne of the earliest settlements in Morgan County, the area around Buckhead was still in close proximity to Native American Territory …