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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM143B_more-enduring-than-marble_West-Point-GA.html
East Face of Monument:
More enduring than marble shall be the memory of the Confederate patriot in whose life fidelity to principle found loftiest expression.
West Face of Monument:
A tribute of love from the women of the south to the her…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM143A_fort-tyler_West-Point-GA.html
Dedicated to the memory of Brig. Gen. Robert C. Tyler
Reconstructed 1996-1997Fort Tyler Association, Inc.Dedicated April 18, 1998
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOSE_fort-tyler_West-Point-GA.html
125 yards northwest, at crest of hill, stood Fort Tyler - last Confederate fort to fall in War Between the States. Fort Tyler was of earthwork construction 35 yds. square surrounded by ditch 12 feet wide, 10 feet deep and enclosed by wooden abates…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOOP_battle-of-west-point_West-Point-GA.html
800 yds. Northwest is the site of Fort Tyler ~ last Confederate fort to fall in the War Between the States. A force of Union cavalry captured Fort Tyler after an 8 hour siege.
19 Confederate engines and 340 [CS] railroad cars loaded with commi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOKL_fort-tyler-cemetery_West-Point-GA.html
One hundred feet east in brick walled enclosure are buried 76 brave men, Confederate and Federal, Killed or died of wounds in the siege of Fort Tyler.
This engagement occurred April 16,1865, a whole week after the surrender of General Lee [CS]…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOKK_gen-robert-c-tyler-c-s-a_West-Point-GA.html
Colonel of the 15th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (June 1861). Brigadier General (February 1864), he fought with gallantry in the Battles of Belmont, Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. In these engagem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOBR_daughters-of-the-confederacy_West-Point-GA.html
At West Point Georgiathe term "Daughters of the Confederacy"was used here on April 30, 1886,by General John B. Gordon,to introduce Winnie Davis.The title became the nameof thepresent patriotic organization.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFAL_tenth-street-school_West-Point-GA.html
Constructed in 1931, Tenth Street School provided an education for African-Americans in all grades. Over the years, graduates distinguished themselves in education, law, medicine, religion, government, and military. In 1956, a new school was built…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF52_whitesville-methodist-episcopal-church-south_West-Point-GA.html
(Side 1):The Methodist church in Whitesville had its origins about 1828 in meetings held at the home of Reuben Mobley. The First Methodist Church was founded in the early 1830s and by 1837 the decision was made to erect a church for the growing co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDUY_whitesville_West-Point-GA.html
Incorporated in 1837 and named for the pioneer "White" family, Whitesville was the site of a stagecoach stop, inn, and stores on a branch of the Oakfuskee Indian Trail. This early road continued across the Chattahoochee River at Dobb's Ferry, at t…