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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MRB_shoupade-park_Smyrna-GA.html
Within this park is the remnant of a unique fortification known as Johnston's River Line. In mid June 1864, the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Joseph E. Johnston was fighting in central Cobb County and about to withdraw to the Kennesa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MR9_first-shoupade_Smyrna-GA.html
Before you are the earthen remnants of a Civil War fort of unique design. Upon seeing these forts, Confederate Major General G.W. Smith said that their designer — Brigadier General Francis Shoup — would become famous, and Smith called …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MR7_artillery-redan_Smyrna-GA.html
The palisade was interrupted at this point for an artillery redan, an earth structure designed to protect two cannons. The lower sections in the wall of the redan indicate where the muzzle of each gun would protrude. Of the three dozen or so redan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MR5_second-shoupade_Smyrna-GA.html
Again, you are standing behind a Shoupade. This fort faced slightly west of north. It was one of five Shoupades along Fort Drive, which derived its name from the existence of these forts. For over five decades (1950s to early 2000s), this Shoup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMB3_collins-springs-primitive-baptist-church_Smyrna-GA.html
Founded circa 1850, the original church was destroyed in 1864 by the Federal Army and rebuilt after the Civil War. The church, cemetery, and nearby spring carry the name of James A. Collins, an Atlanta pioneer, merchant, and local landowner. His p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME6H_here-johnstons-river-line-crossed-the-rd_Smyrna-GA.html
July 5, 1864. Gen. J.E. Johnston's Army of Tenn. [CS] withdrew from the Smyrna-Ruff's Mill line to formidable field-works which crossed the rd. at this point. The left of the line was at Nickajack Cr., 4.5 mi. S.W.; the rt. curved to the Chattahoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB5U_mazie-whitfield-nelson_Smyrna-GA.html
Marker Front:From her birth home just across the railroad track on Gilbert Street, Mazie Whitfield Nelson watched the growth of downtown Smyrna from a village of less than 400 when she was born on New Year's Day in 1890, to a community of over 20,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB5T_first-marked-burial_Smyrna-GA.html
Marker Front:There may have been burials in this cemetery prior to 1848, however, this grave is the earliest one with an engraved headstone which shows a date. His daughter Mary, who died at approximately 17 years of age on March 14, 1858, is the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB5F_smyrnas-first-mayor_Smyrna-GA.html
FrontUlysses S. Grant was President of the U.S., and the South was still suffering from the effects of abusive Reconstruction when Smyrna was first incorporated August 23, 1872. One theory is that in the post-war era, citizens feared the town woul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB59_smyrna-memorial-cemetery_Smyrna-GA.html
Traditional history says this cemetery was established in 1838 by the Smyrna Methodist Church. However, Wylie Flannigan of Campbell County, Ga. took title to Land Lot 522 in which the cemetery is located, on July 1, 1843 after paying Georgia $5.00…
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