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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN4F_factory-shoals-c-1820_Covington-GA.html
This area represents one of Georgia's earliest experiences in advanced water-powered industrialization technologically unsurpassed in the U.S.
Archaeological remains of 5 mills ranging from large textile factories to small grist mills exist wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMUV_sherman-at-harris-quarters_Covington-GA.html
On Nov. 18, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi [US], Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, were established here at "Harris? Quarters," the overseer's house and negro cabins of a large plantation owned by Judge John Harris of Covington. Gen. Sherman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG6B_red-oak-church_Covington-GA.html
Red Oak Church was established between 1803, when the Indians left this area, and late 1821, when Newton County was formed. The church grounds originally contained 4 acres, including the spring behind the church. The first building, between the pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDHK_the-march-to-the-sea_Covington-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/HMDHI_the-stoneman-raid_Covington-GA.html
In July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman's army [US] closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications "too strong to assault and too extensive to invest," Sherman sought to force its evacuation by sending Maj. Gen. Geo. Stoneman, with three cavalry b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDHH_garrards-cavalry-raid_Covington-GA.html
On July 20, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman USA, were closing in on Atlanta. Hq. 2nd Cavalry Division [US], Brig. Gen Kenner Garrard, was in Decatur, 6 miles E of Atlanta. Garrard's three brigades were guarding bridges over the Cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9QI_the-capture-of-covington_Covington-GA.html
On July 22, 1864, Union Cavalry from Wilder's and Minty's Brigades, armed with Spencer repeating rifles, entered Covington under orders of General Kenner Garrard. As the Battle of Atlanta raged to the west, Covington was unprotected by Confederate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4CQ_lucius-q-c-lamar_Covington-GA.html
Here was located the office in which L.Q.C. Lamar, Statesman and Jurist, practiced law at two intervals from 1847 to 1854, thence moving to Macon and Mississippi. His family located at Covington after his father's death in 1834, and at nearby Oxfo…