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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20WT_camp-davis-military-instructional-camp-c-s-a_Guyton-GA.html
Camp Davis was one of three Camps of Instruction authorized January 1862, by Governor Joseph B. Brown of Georgia, to enlist, determine fitness for duty, and train for the Confederate States of America Army. Camp Davis opened March 2, 1862, trainin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKW6_march-to-the-sea-ebenezer-creek_Rincon-GA.html
One mile north, on December 9, 1864, during the American Civil War, U.S. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis crossed Ebenezer Creek with his 14th Army Corps as it advanced toward Savannah during Gen. William T. Sherman's March to the Sea. Davis hastily removed th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9KI_the-salzburgers_Rincon-GA.html
[Marker's East face]:To the Memory of theSalzburgersandtheir faithful pastors.Rev. John Martin BolziusandRev. Israel Christain Gronauwho for their faith in the doctrines of Gods Word as taught in the Augsburg confession were banished from theirhom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9H4_effingham-county-methodist-camp-ground_Springfield-GA.html
Effingham Camp Meeting has the longest record of continuous service in South Georgia - from 1790 according to oral tradition. The first camp ground was off Sister's Ferry Road on land of George Powledge, later sold to Gideon Mallette. In 1864 this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9H1_bethany_Springfield-GA.html
The settlement of Bethany was effected near here in 1751 by John Gerar William DeBrahm, His Majesty`s Surveyor General for the Southern District of North America. Comprised at first of 160 Germans, the group was joined 11 months later by an equal …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7RC_shermans-right-wing_Guyton-GA.html
On Dec. 8, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman's army (US),whichhad left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructiveMarch to the Sea, was moving throughEffington County toward Savannah. Hq. RightWing , Maj.Gen. O.O. Howard, USA, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZI_guyton-confederate-general-hospital_Guyton-GA.html
In May 1862 the Confederate Government established a General Hospital in Guyton, Georgia. This hospital was located on a nine acre tract of land between Central Railroad, a determining factor in locating hospitals, and current Georgia Highway 119,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Z4_pilgrim-missionary-baptist-normal-and-industrial-institute_Guyton-GA.html
The Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Students was established here in 1880 by the Pilgram Missionary Baptist Association. The school was established, organized, funded and staffed by African Americans. The ins…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Z3_sherman-at-zion-church_Guyton-GA.html
On the night of Dec. 8, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi (USA), Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, was established here at Zion Church. Hq. Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps), Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, USA, was at Eden (3 mi. SW). Hq. Left Wing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Z0_goshen-church_Rincon-GA.html
Goshen Church was built about 1751. It was served by the early pastors of the Salzburgers, and later for a short time by the Moravian missionaries. The church remained a part of the Ebenezer Charge until after the Revolutionary War.
In 1820, th…