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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99Y_oglethorpe-university_Atlanta-GA.html
Chartered in 1835 by Georgia Presbyterians near Milledgeville, Oglethorpe University was the first denominational college established in the Deep South.It perished during the Civil War and was briefly revived from 1870 to 1872 in Atlanta. Thornwel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM97U_ivy-street_Atlanta-GA.html
On June 3, 2005, the central road of this campus was formally named "Ivy Street," in honor of the hallowed tradition associated with the original Maristcampus on Ivy Street in downtown Atlanta.
With 32 boys and five priest-teachers, Father Joh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM94L_old-cross-keys_Atlanta-GA.html
Ante-bellum crossroads settlement & Post Office; James Reeve (1792 - 1852) Post Master & merchant. Prior to 1864 the Post Office was removed to a point between Chamblee & Doraville where, name unchanged, it was known as Cross Keys Post Office.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM937_site-j-oliver-powell-house-shermans-h-dq-rs_Decatur-GA.html
West of this point 75ft., was the ante-bellum residence of James Oliver Powell (1826-1873), Sherman's headquarters, July 19, 1864.
Sherman traveled with Schofield's 23d A.C. from the Chattahoochee River as Power's Fy. July 17 & arrived here Jul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8RS_sweenys-division-encamped_Atlanta-GA.html
July 21, 1864. Sweeny's div., Dodges 16th A.C. (US) was held in reserve some 24 hrs. in a line that crossed the S.W. area of Candler Park.
These troops, of McPherson's Army of the Tenn., had moved from Decatur towards Atlanta the day before and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM745_covered-bridge_Stone-Mountain-GA.html
"Covered bridges" or "lattice bridges" werecommon throughout the Eastern U.S, during thenineteenth century. This bridge formerlyspanned the North Fork of the Oconee River inthe city of Athens, Ga.. connecting CollegeAvenue and Hobson Avenue.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6PG_hardee-at-road-fork_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864. Hardee's A.C. (4 divis.), (CS) moving N. to the battlefield, was divided into two columns at this road fork: Clebourne's and Maney's took the W. fork leading to E. Atlanta; Walker's and Bate's, the E. fork or Fayetteville Rd., as di…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6PF_maneys-div-in-the-battle-of-atlanta_Atlanta-GA.html
Gen. George Maney, comdg. Cheatham's old div. of Hardee's A.C. (CS) at Peachtree Cr., July 20, led the div. July 22 in the Battle of Atlanta. Both Cleburne's & Maney's divs. advanced N.W. on Flat Shoals Road to attack the Federal 17th A.C. aligned…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6LE_hardees-march-turned-n-e-on-fayetteville-road_Atlanta-GA.html
July 21, 1864. Theses troops and Wheeler's Cav. (CS) were sent from Atlanta on a 15-mile night march to gain the rear of McPherson's Army of the Tenn. (US) in E. Atlanta. Hardee moved out of the city via McDonough Rd. (Capital Avenue) and here tur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6LD_site-cobbs-mill_Atlanta-GA.html
On the E. side of Intrenchment Creek, just above the bridge, stood a grist mill operated by William Cobb, a DeKalb County pioneer. The mill was a notable landmark in the movement of Confederate forces to the field of the Battle of Atlanta, fought …