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Brookhaven Historic District

BROOKHAVEN HISTORIC DISTRICT NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Historic Brookhaven is the first planned golf club community in Georgia, having been built around the Capital City County Club...

BROOKHAVEN HISTORIC DISTRICT NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Historic Brookhaven is the first planned golf club community in Georgia, having been built around the Capital City County...

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1941 * Naval Air Station * 1959

Anticipating America´s involvement in a second world war, the government returned to the site of Camp Gordon in October 1940 and over the next seven months constructed a 400-acre Naval Reserve...

Anticipating America´s involvement in a second world war, the government returned to the site of Camp Gordon in October 1940 and over the next seven months constructed a 400-acre Naval...

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1917 * Camp Gordon * 1919

Constructed during America´s rush to mobilize for World War I, Camp Gordon was one of 16 temporary training camps, the largest in the southern states and the focus of Atlanta´s wartime patriotic...

Constructed during America´s rush to mobilize for World War I, Camp Gordon was one of 16 temporary training camps, the largest in the southern states and the focus of Atlanta´s wartime...

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The Gutzon Borglum House Avondale Estates

The Gutzon Borglum House Avondale Estates 1924 ~ 1925 Gutzon Borglum, the world famous sculptor of Mt. Rushmore and the first man to work on the Confederate Memorial carving on Stone Mountain,...

The Gutzon Borglum House Avondale Estates 1924 ~ 1925 Gutzon Borglum, the world famous sculptor of Mt. Rushmore and the first man to work on the Confederate Memorial carving on Stone...

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Logan's 15th Corps & Garrard's Cavalry

July 18, 1864. Logan´s 15th A. C. Army of the Tennessee [US] having detoured from the old Shallow Ford Rd. at the Rainey plantation (4 ml. W) moved to this point where it joined Garrard´s cav. via...

July 18, 1864. Logan´s 15th A. C. Army of the Tennessee [US] having detoured from the old Shallow Ford Rd. at the Rainey plantation (4 ml. W) moved to this point where it joined Garrard´s cav. via...

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Mary Gay House

Author, poet, historian and Confederate heroine ~ Mary Ann Harris gay (1824-1918) lived in this house from 1850 to 1914. She is best known for her Life in Dixie During the War which describes the...

Author, poet, historian and Confederate heroine ~ Mary Ann Harris gay (1824-1918) lived in this house from 1850 to 1914. She is best known for her Life in Dixie During the War which describes...

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Rebecca Latimer Felton

Birthplace of Rebecca Ann Latimer (1835-1930), Daughter of Chas. and Eleanor (Swift) Latimer, pioneer settles at this point on the Decatur-Covington road. Married in 1835 to Dr. William H. Felton,...

Birthplace of Rebecca Ann Latimer (1835-1930), Daughter of Chas. and Eleanor (Swift) Latimer, pioneer settles at this point on the Decatur- Covington road. Married in 1835 to Dr. William...

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The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the. North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah - the March to the Sea. He...

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the. North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah - the March to the Sea....

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The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the. North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah - the March to the Sea. He...

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the. North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah - the March to the Sea....

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The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the. North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah - the March to the Sea. He...

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the. North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah - the March to the Sea....

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Alpha Delta Pi Memorial Headquarters

Alpha Delta Pi Sorority was founded May 15 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon Georgia as the first secret society in the world for college women, and thus became the mother of the social sorority...

Alpha Delta Pi Sorority was founded May 15 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon Georgia as the first secret society in the world for college women, and thus became the mother of the social...

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The Stoneman Raid

In July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman´s army closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications "too strong to assault and too extensive to invest," he sought to force its fall by sending Maj. Gen....

In July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman´s army closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications "too strong to assault and too extensive to invest," he sought to force its fall by sending Maj. Gen....

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Garrard's Cavalry Raid

On July 20, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, were closing in on Atlanta. Hq. 2nd Cavalry Division, Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard, was in Decatur. His three brigades were scattered...

On July 20, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, were closing in on Atlanta. Hq. 2nd Cavalry Division, Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard, was in Decatur. His three brigades were...

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The Rainey Plantation

July 18, 1864. The marching columns of the Army of the Tennessee [USA] having diverged 5.5 miles North West, rejoined here when Dodge´s 16th A.C. moved East from Old Cross Keys to Rainey´s,...

July 18, 1864. The marching columns of the Army of the Tennessee [USA] having diverged 5.5 miles North West, rejoined here when Dodge´s 16th A.C. moved East from Old Cross Keys to...

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Oglethorpe University

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...

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...

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Old Cross Keys

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...

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,...

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Fuller's Div. 16th A.C.

July 22, 1864. Gen. John Fuller´s only brigade -- Morrill´s, which was in reserve near Leggett´s Hill, was deployed S.E. of here to meet the advance of Walker´s div. [CSA] up Sugar Cr. valley....

July 22, 1864. Gen. John Fuller´s only brigade -- Morrill´s, which was in reserve near Leggett´s Hill, was deployed S.E. of here to meet the advance of Walker´s div. [CSA] up Sugar Cr. valley....

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Historic Ground-1864

In area bounded by Memorial Dr., Clifton, Glenwood & Moreland, was where the major part of the Battle of Atlanta was fought, July 22d. In terms of present landmarks, the battle began at memorial...

In area bounded by Memorial Dr., Clifton, Glenwood & Moreland, was where the major part of the Battle of Atlanta was fought, July 22d. In terms of present landmarks, the battle began at...

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Leggett's Hill

July 22, 1864. Blair´s 17th A.C., McPherson´s Army of the Tenn. [Union] was aligned S. of Logan´s 15th astride the Ga. R. R. Leggett´s div. of the 17th held the line from Logan´s left, to &...

July 22, 1864. Blair´s 17th A.C., McPherson´s Army of the Tenn. [Union] was aligned S. of Logan´s 15th astride the Ga. R. R. Leggett´s div. of the 17th held the line from Logan´s left, to...

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Wheeler's Cav. Intrenched

July 20, 1864. Wheeler´s thin gray line of dismounted cavalry [CSA] was the rt. flank of Atlanta´s defenders. Forced W. from Clay St. in the afternoon by Blair´s 17th A.C., [Union] Wheeler´s line...

July 20, 1864. Wheeler´s thin gray line of dismounted cavalry [CSA] was the rt. flank of Atlanta´s defenders. Forced W. from Clay St. in the afternoon by Blair´s 17th A.C., [Union] Wheeler´s line...

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