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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU68_bibb-county_Macon-GA.html
Bibb County was created by Act of Dec. 9, 1822 from Houston, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs Counties. It was named for Dr. William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) of Elbert County. Dr. Bibb, physician, legislator, Congressman, Senator, was appointed Governor of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTYH_battles-of-dunlap-farm_Macon-GA.html
On July 30, 1864, Gen. Stoneman with 2,500 cavalry crossed Walnut Creek & placed his cannon on a ridge on the Dunlap farm. He attacked Macon to capture the gold in the Confederate Depository; to destroy the Armory, Arsenal & Laboratories, the brid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTXW_vineville-united-methodist-church_Macon-GA.html
Vineville United Methodist Church, the oldest daughter of Mulberry Street United Methodist Church, was begun in 1846 to serve wealthy planners of the village of Vineville, just outside Macon. It has been located on this site since 1897. The curren…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTXI_the-stoneman-raid_Macon-GA.html
In July, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, 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 th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRUM_pitts-chapel_Macon-GA.html
The first record of Pitts Chapel dates back to October 13, 1860 when three and three-fourths acres of land was purchased from James Wells for $130 for the purpose of erecting a Methodist Episcopal Church. Upon this land was erected the largest and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRUD_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) toward Gordon and Irwinton on its destructive March to the Sea. Walcutt brigade, with two guns of Arndt's Michigan Battery, was po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRRM_the-15th-corps_Macon-GA.html
On the night of Nov. 21, 1864, the headquarters and one division (Hazen's) of the 15th Corps [US] of General Sherman's army, which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, camped here at the crossing of the Macon-Milledge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPKH_ballard-hudson-senior-high-school_Macon-GA.html
Ballard-Hudson Senior High School was built in 1949 as the only high school in Macon for African Americans in grades nine through twelve. The schoolrepresents the merger of two schools: Ballard High School, a private school with roots in Lewis Hig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP4P_confederate-memorial-day-in-macon_Macon-GA.html
On Thursday, April 26, 1866, the graves of Confederate soldiers in Rose Hill Cemetery and in the cemetery at 7th and Cherry Streets were decorated with flowers by the members of the Ladies' Memorial Association, organized in March 1866 with Mrs. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGI_mulberry-street-methodist-church_Macon-GA.html
This church, organized in 1826, is on land deeded to it by the Georgia Legislature in the same year. In 1828, the first church building in Macon was erected on this site. The first appointed pastor was Thomas Darley, who had been ordained by Bisho…