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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMB8_historic-dickson-house_Marietta-GA.html
Facing demolition, this house was relocated here in 2005 from its original site on the battlefield at Gilgal Church in west Cobb County. On 1864 military maps, it was referred to as the "Dixon House". The house was damaged by artillery and rifle f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCWD_ross-headquarters_Marietta-GA.html
Brig. Gen. L. S. Ross, commanding the Texas brigade of Brig. Gen. Wm. H. Jackson's cavalry [CS], had fought delaying actions with Schofield's 23rd A. C. [US] (the rt. of Sherman's forces) since both armies moved from Paulding Co.; Ross had headqua…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5TQ_cherokee-land-lottery_Marietta-GA.html
In 1803, Georgia established a lottery as the fairest means of distributing land to common farmers. After gold was discovered in 1828 near Dahlonega, the state ignored federal treaties and asserted its claims on the Cherokee territory (including C…