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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29ED_alexander-stephens-clay_Marietta-GA.html
Alexander Stephens ClayCitizen, lawyer, statesman,Born on a Cobb County farmSept. 25, 1853; Died a member of theUnited States SenateNov. 13, 1910. His life was largely given to the service of his people - as Councilman of his home city. Representa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29BF_a-national-cemetery-system_Marietta-GA.html
Civil War DeadAn estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. This p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM299P_marietta-national-cemetery_Marietta-GA.html
Marietta National CemeteryAtlanta CampaignDuring the Civil War, the fight for Atlanta began in early May 1864 in north Georgia. It ended when Union troops marched into the state capital on September 2. Over four months, Union and Confederate armie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23MK_hightower-indian-trail_Marietta-GA.html
This stone marks
the Hightower Indian
Trail used by the
Cherokees and by
trading parties
of other tribes
(On the base)
1931
100th Anniversary
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23M2_marks-site_Marietta-GA.html
Cherokee Indians
And
Muster and Drill Ground
Georgia Militia
For Gritter District
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23FG_william-root-house_Marietta-GA.html
Circa 1845
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21XG_united-distributors_Smyrna-GA.html
Founded in Atlanta in 1940, United Distributors exemplifies the entrepreneurialism that characterized Georgia business during the twentieth century. With the repeal of prohibition in 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment delegated to each state the rig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3E_u-d-c-confederate-soldiers-monument_Marietta-GA.html
Front:
To our
Confederate Dead.
Erected and
dedicated by
Kennesaw Chapter
United Daughters
of the
Confederacy,
Marietta, Georgia.
1908.
Right:
To the
3000 soldiers in this
cemetery, from every
Southern state, who
fell on Geor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3D_wisconsin-soldiers-memorial_Marietta-GA.html
(front)
Wisconsin
Dedicated to the memory of
Wisconsin Soldiers
who gave their lives
in defense of the Union in
1861 - 1865
Four hundred and five
belonging to the following regiments
are buried here
1st Cavalry
5th Battery Light…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N2S_the-dead-angle_Marietta-GA.html
This bend in the Confederate line became the battle's focal point.
At 9 a.m. on June 27, 1864, thousands of yelling, blue-clad soldiers charged across the distant field toward the Tennessee soldiers in these earthworks. As the federals came for…