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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVL_jefferson-davis-at-the-lanier-house_Macon-GA.html
On May 4, 1865, Jefferson Davis arrived in Washington, Georgia (100 miles NE), where he performed what proved to be his last duties as President of the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, with a small staff and escort, he departed e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVK_the-march-to-the-sea_Macon-GA.html
On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, began his March to the Sea. His army (650,000 infantry and 5,500 cavalry) moved in two widely separated wings. The Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps), Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGV7_alfred-holt-colquitt_Macon-GA.html
Governor of Georgia (1877-1882), U.S. Congressman (1853-1855), U.S. Senator (1883-1894), Major U.S. Army in the Mexican War, Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army, Alfred Holt Colquitt is buried here. Born in Walton County, Georgia, April 20, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGV2_general-edward-dorr-tracy-jr_Macon-GA.html
Edward D. Tracy, Jr., was born in Macon, Georgia, on Nov. 5, 1833. His father served as Macon's second Mayor (1826-1828), a Judge of Superior Court, and hosted General Lafayette during his visit to Macon in 1825. The younger Tracy graduated from t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUU_wilsons-raid-to-macon_Macon-GA.html
On March 22, 1865, the Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi [US], Bvt. Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, left the Tennessee River near Florence, Ala., and marched south to Selma to destroy its arsenals and foundries. On April 10th, af…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGT1_the-cavalry-skirmish_Macon-GA.html
On the night of Nov. 21, 1864, Murray's brigade of Kilpatrick's cavalry [US], which during the day had burned buildings and destroyed railways facilities in Griswoldville, camped on the E fork of Little Sandy Creek, ½ miles NE. At dawn, Murra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGSY_battle-of-griswoldville-the-deployment-and-assaults_Macon-GA.html
About 1:30 P.M. Nov. 22, 1864, after halting in Griswoldville to reform his column and report his progress, Brig. Gen. P.J. Phillips began moving his command (1st Division, Georgia Militia and attached units) east to clear the town, intending to h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGRA_battle-of-griswoldville_Macon-GA.html
On Nov. 22, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman's army [US] moved SE from Clinton (near Gray) towards Gordon and Irwinton on its destructive March to the Sea. Walcutt's brigade, with two guns of Arndt's Michigan Battery, was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGQ6_griswoldville_Macon-GA.html
This town is named for Samuel Griswold who moved his iron foundries and cotton gin factories here from Clinton to be on the railroad. A disastrous unrecorded battle was fought here in 1864 when a force of old men and youths under Gen. Phillips, Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOL_st-peter-claver-catholic-church-and-school_Macon-GA.html
This African-American parish began in 1888 and was named St. Peter Claver in 1903, in honor of the Patron Saint of Negro Missions. The current school, convent, and rectory were built here after the parish moved from Pio Nono Avenue in 1913. The ch…