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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20WU_balls-ferry_Toomsboro-GA.html
On Nov. 24, 1864, the 1st Alabama Cavalry [Union] reached Ball's Ferry (1/4 mile N) to secure it for the passage of the Left Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman's army [Union], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y5V_gordon_Gordon-GA.html
Station Number 17 on the Central Railroad of Georgia, Gordon was named for. William W. Gordon, first president of the Central Railroad (and grandfather of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA). It was a strategic point connec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y40_in-memory-of-j-rufus-kelly-historical_Gordon-GA.html
Who defended Gordon GA. from
the invasion of Sherman's Army
Nov. 1864
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS3J_george-henry-carswell_Irwinton-GA.html
Graduate Mercer University Member General Assembly, House and SenatePresident SenateTrustee Georgia School TechnologyAuthor of Elders-Carswell School LawChampion of Eleemosynary InstitutionsBenefactor of Confederate Veterans and their FamiliesSecr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS3H_robert-toombs_Toomsboro-GA.html
To honor the memory ofRobert ToombsJuly 2, 1810 - Dec. 15, 1885United States SenatorSecretary of State, C.S.A.Patriot and StatesmanFor whom the town of Toombsboro is named
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS2H_wilkinson-county_Irwinton-GA.html
This County was created by Acts of the Legislature May 11, 1803 and Dec. 7, 1805. It is named for James Wilkinson, Revolutionary General, and formed from part of the lands acquired from the Creeks by the Treaty of Fort Wilkinson (on the Oconee) at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS2B_the-march-to-the-sea_Irwinton-GA.html
On Nov. 15th, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his March to the Sea. His army [US] moved in two wings. The Left Wing marched east from Atlanta in two columns, to feint at A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS0X_mcintyre_McIntyre-GA.html
On the night of Nov. 23, 1864, Hq. 17th Corps [US], Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair, USA, was established at McIntyre (old Station No. 16, CRR), 2 miles NE, after moving forward from Gordon (old No. 17) where the Left Wing of Gen. Sherman's Army had concent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRZC_the-evacuation-of-gordon_Gordon-GA.html
On Nov. 20, 1864, Maj. Gen. H. C. Wayne, Adjutant General of Georgia, found that telegraphic communications with Macon had been cut by the Right Wing of Gen. Sherman's Army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRZB_the-march-to-the-sea_Gordon-GA.html
On Nov. 21, 1864, with the arrival of Smith's Division, 17th Corps, preceded by the 1st Alabama Cavalry [US] which met with only sporadic resistance, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman's army, which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15…