You searched for City|State: cartersville, ga
Page 4 of 7 — Showing results 31 to 40 of 63
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM124W_etowah-and-the-war_Cartersville-GA.html
The Confederacy sought iron and munitions eagerly, which quickly brought prosperity to Etowah. Patriotic key workers, though exempt from army duty, enlisted, and loss of their skill hampered production.
Mark Cooper sold the works in 1862. In th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM124T_etowah_Cartersville-GA.html
Four miles east, in the gorge of the Etowah River, are the picturesque ruins of the once flourishing town of Etowah, developed by Mark Cooper around his iron furnace and rolling mill. The furnace was built in 1844, following one built in 1837 on S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZTL_john-w-akin_Cartersville-GA.html
Initiated in Cartersville Lodge No. 63 on June 2, 1891, passed on June 30, & raised on Aug. 4, 1891. Was W.M. 1893, 1894, 1899 & 1901. Jr. Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of GA in 1897 & 1898. Judge of Cartersville City Court, President of City Sc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR64_bartow-county_Cartersville-GA.html
Originally Cass, Bartow County was created by Act of Dec. 3, 1832 from Cherokee County. The name was changed Dec. 6, 1861 to honor Gen. Francis S. Bartow (1816-1861), Confederate political leader and soldier, who fell mortally wounded at the First…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR5Q_site-of-sam-jones-tabernacle_Cartersville-GA.html
For 20 years, thousands came annually to this site, attracted by the magnetic personality and forceful eloquence of Sam Jones, renowned Evangelist and Christian crusader.
Here he built, in 1886, at his own expense, a large open-air structure, c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKFB_grave-of-gen-william-tatum-wofford_Cartersville-GA.html
Gen. William Tatum Wofford (June 28, 1824 - May 22, 1884), Cav. Capt. in the Mexican War, Col. and Brig. Gen. in the Confederate Army, is buried here. After Fredericksburg he succeeded to the command of Gen. Thomas R. R. Cobb, who was mortally wou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKF4_confederate-line_Cartersville-GA.html
The three corps of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Army [CS] were withdrawn from N. & W. of Cassville to this ridge, E. & S. of the town.
Hardee was posted astride the R.R. near Cass Station on the S.; Polk centered here & Hood's line skirted the ce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFE_battle-of-allatoona_Cartersville-GA.html
After the fall of Atlanta, hoping Sherman would follow, Hood moved his Confederate army north, sending French's Division to fill the railroad cut at Allatoona, and burn the railroad bridge over the Etowah River, to hamper Sherman's movement.
F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEBV_home-of-sam-p-jones_Cartersville-GA.html
Sam P. Jones was born October 16, 1847, in Oak Bowery, Alabama; he moved to Cartersville with his parents in 1856. After his admission to the Georgia Bar in 1868 he married Laura McElwain. In 1872 he was licensed as a Methodist Minister. His natio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEBH_pierce-manning-butler-young-1836-1896_Cartersville-GA.html
PMB Young was born in Spartanburg, S.C., on November 15, 1836. His parents were Dr. Robert Maxwell and Elizabeth Caroline (Jones) Young. The Young family came to Georgia in 1839. He graduated from Georgia Military Institute at Marietta in 1856; st…