Historical Marker Series

Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission

Page 187 of 190 — Showing results 1861 to 1870 of 1892
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM14WW_william-clayton-fain-georgia-unionist_Blue-Ridge-GA.html
One of the leading Unionists in the state during the Civil War, William Clayton Fain was born in Georgia in 1825. A Fannin County lawyer and state representative, he served in the 1861 Secession Convention, where he opposed Georgia leaving the United States…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM14YL_baisdens-bluff-academy_Townsend-GA.html
Located a short distance East of here, near the River, Baisden`s Bluff Academy was the main educational institution in McIntosh County in the early years of the 19th century. A Boarding School, operating the year round, its roll held the names of prominent …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM154G_old-federal-road_Talking-Rock-GA.html
The highway leading right is the Old Federal Road, northwest Georgia's earliest vehicular route. It began on the Cherokee boundary, in the direction of Athens, Georgia and led this was to Tennessee. Permission to open the trace was granted informally by the…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM154L_city-hall-old-capitol_Macon-GA.html
The Macon City Hall, built in 1837 for the Monroe Railroad & Banking Co. and since remodeled, served from Nov. 18, 1864 till March 11, 1865 as temporary Capitol of Ga. Here Gov. Brown had his office and convened the last session of the Ga. legislature under…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1559_harrows-div-15th-a-c_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864. Harrow's 4th div. (composed of Walcutt's, Oliver's & Williams' brigades), 15th A.C. [US] occupied this sector between Leggett's Hill & the Ga. R.R., which was the outer Confederate line until abandoned that morning. When Coltart's & Benton…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM155X_site-masons-bridge_Acworth-GA.html
June 4, 1864. Ireland's (3d) Brigade, Geary's (2d) Div., 20th A.C., [US] seized, repaired & held Mason's Bridge, which had been wrecked by Confederate forces retreating eastward. June 6. The Army of the Cumberland, [US] commanded by Maj. Gen. George H. …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM15GP_blind-willie-mctell_Thomson-GA.html
Willie Samuel McTear (1901-1959) was born between Big and Little Briar Creeks in the Happy Valley community. In 1911, he and his mother moved to Statesboro, where he began his life of traveling and performing. Although blind from infancy, Willie developed a…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM15TJ_site-old-red-oak-p-o-1864_Atlanta-GA.html
Siege operations on the Atlanta front having failed, the Federals moved against the 2 R. R. S. of it. Howard's Army of the Tenn., Thomas' Army of the Cumberland & Schofield's Army of the Ohio, struck the A. & W.P.R.R at this point. Several miles of the t…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM15VF_gen-montgomery-c-meigs-u-s-a_Augusta-GA.html
One of two native Georgians who served as generals in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, Montgomery C. Meigs was born here on May 3, 1816, grandson of a University of Georgia president. After graduating from West Point, he oversaw construction of some of W…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM15WT_twiggs-cemetery_Augusta-GA.html
In the cemetery about 300 yards from here are buried Major-General John Twiggs, a hero of the American Revolution, for whom Twiggs County is named, and his son, Major-General David Emanuel Twiggs, who achieved military distinction in the Mexican War and, af…