Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM163B_site-blakes-mill_Atlanta-GA.html
N. Fork Peachtree Creek. West of the road was the ante-bellum structure of a mill owned and operated by John Blake (1798-1854).
July 18, 1864. Blair's 17th A. C. of McPherson's Army of the Tennessee (US Flag), enroute from Roswell to Decatur, camped he…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM16N1_birthplace-of-john-c-fr-mont_Savannah-GA.html
One of two native Georgians who served as generals in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, John C. Fr?mont was born nearby on January 21, 1813. As an army officer, his 1840s explorations of the American West gained him fame as the "Pathfinder." During the U.…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM18JR_battle-of-griswoldville_Macon-GA.html
On Nov. 22 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman's army [US] marched southeast from the vicinity of Gray toward Gordon and Irwinton on its destructive March to the Sea. To protect the right against Wheeler's cavalry [CS], Brig. Gen. C. …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM18JS_battle-of-griswoldville-the-advance-from-east-macon_Macon-GA.html
On Nov. 22, 1864, the 1st Division, Georgia Militia (less the 1st Brigade), with the 1st and 2nd Regiments, Georgia State Line, and Anderson's Georgia Battery attached, Brig. Gen. Pleasant J. Phillips commanding, marched from East Macon about 8:00 A.M. enro…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM18JT_confederate-pistol-factory_Macon-GA.html
In 1862, to meet the pressing need of the Confederate States Army for revolvers of the Colt pattern, the Griswold Cotton Gin Company's plant, on this site, was converted to a pistol factory. In March, the production of cotton gin machinery was discontinued …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM18RC_fort-early_Cordele-GA.html
Fort Early, built by General David Blackshear in 1812, was named for Peter Early, Governor of Georgia at that time. It was used by General Blackshear during the war of 1812. On February 13, 1818 General Andrew Jackson and his army arrived at the fort and us…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1A0Q_new-echota_Calhoun-GA.html
The sprawling town of New Town which had stood here since 1819 was designated the seat Of government for the Cherokee Nation in a legislative act of 1825 and it was renamed New Echota for a former principal town in Tennessee. In its short history New Echota…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1C33_roswells-distinguished-men_Roswell-GA.html
In this cemetery lie some of Roswell's leading early citizens, most of whom came here from Georgia's coastal counties: Francis Robert Goulding (1810-1881), clergyman, inventor, author of The Young Marooners and other juvenile classics; Barrington King (17…
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Federal siege operations not only involved the encircling line of Atlanta's defenses, but threatened the 2 railroads S.W. of the city. Pursuant thereto, Federal forces after the Battle of Ezra Church were shifted S., only to be confronted by a line of Confe…
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Federal Forces conducting siege operations on North & West fronts of Atlanta's fortified lines were, at intervals, moved S. toward East Point, in attempts to seize the 2 railroads that entered the city from the Southwest.
Palmers XIV A.C. marched from N.…