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Intersection of Many Roads

Intersection of Carolina, West Florida and Savannah Lower Creek Indian Trails. Traditional Indian village site and burial grounds. Early white settlement and haven for refugee families in 1812...

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Robert Toombs

To Honor the memory of Robert Toombs July 2, 1810 - Dec. 15, 1885 United States Senator Secretary of State, C.S.A. Brigadier General, C.S.A. Patriot and Statesman For whom the towm of...

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Major John Hatcher (1757-1835)

Near this site is the plantation and grave site of John Hatcher, Georgia patriot, Revolutionary War soldier and statesman. From 1780 to 1800 he served in Candler´s Refugee Regiment of Richmond...

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Worth County

This County created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 20, 1853 is named for Maj. Gen. Wm. J. Worth of Mexican War fame under whose command served Maj. William A. Harris, a leader in the organization...

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Thigpen Trail

Thigpen Trail, oldest military road in Georgia, was cut by James Thigpen to transport military supplies to Col James Moore, former Carolina governor. It followed a well beaten trail of the Indians...

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1703-'04 Thigpen Trail

1703-'04 Thigpen Trail 1929 Military road from Georgia Mountains to St. Marks Florida Cut by James Thigpen for Col. Moore of Carolina Erected by Barnard Trail Chapter, DAR, Sylvester, Ga. Plaque...

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Hamilton House

This brick house & the stone spring house in the low ground back of it, were built by John Hamilton about 1840. During the Winter, 1863-1864, when the Confederate Army of Tennessee, under Gen....

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George Disney's Grave

High up on Rocky Face, S. of gap, is the lone grave of English-born George Disney, Co. K., 4th Ky. Inft., Lewis´ ´Orphan Brigade´, Bate´s div., Hindman´s Corps [CSA]. The 4th Ky. was deployed...

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The Flooded Gap

May, 1864 The Confederate defenders of Dalton impounded the waters of Mill Creek by a dam, in the gap, as a measure of defense when Federal forces under Sherman assailed this opening in Rocky Face...

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Confederate Defense of Mill Creek Gap

Feb. 25, 1864. Stewart´s and Breckinridge´s divs. in the gap, repulsed the attacks of the Federal 14th A.C., from the N.W., while Hindman´s A.C. drove back Cruft´s and Baird´s divs. in Crow Valley...

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Mill Creek Gap

Otherwise known as Buzzard Roost. This natural gateway through Rock Face Ridge was heavily fortified by Confederate forces at Dalton after their retreat from Missionary Ridge. February 25, 1864,...

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Mill Creek Gap

Otherwise known as Buzzard Roost. This natural gateway through Rock Face Ridge was heavily fortified by Confederate forces at Dalton after their retreat from Missionary Ridge. February 25, 1864,...

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Ascent to Dug Gap

1.5 Mi. W. this road ascends to and crosses the summit of Rocky Face ridge -- a direct route between Dalton and la Fayette. May 7, 1864. Grigsby´s brigade (Wheeler´s Cav.), after retreating from...

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Dug Gap

An excavation of the summit of Rocky face Ridge on the direct rout between Dalton and Lafayette. This gap was guarded by Confederate forces when Dalton was occupied after the retreat from...

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Battle of Dug Gap

May 8, 1864. Maj. Gen. J.W. Geary, with Buschbeck´s & Candy´s brigades of the 2d div., 20th A.C., moving from near Gordon´s Springs, reached this, the Babb Settlement, at 3 p.m. Planting McGill´s...

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Battle of Resaca

May 14, 1864: The 20th Corps [USA] was shifted from Camp Creek Valley, 0.5 mi. W. & aligned across rd.~ the 2d & 3d Divs. In reserve; the 1st Div. prolonging Stanley´s Div. (4th A.C.) [USA] to the...

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Mossy Creek and Rock Springs Campgrounds

Mossy Creek Campground was established in 1833 and has continued as a site of yearly religious revival meetings since that time. Rock Springs Campground was established in 1887 and is one of the...

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Stovall Mill Covered Bridge

Fred Dover constructed a bridge and nearby grist, saw and shingle mill complex here in the late 1800s. The original bridge washed away in the early 1890s and Will Pardue replaced it in 1895 with...

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Blue Star Memorial

A tribute to the Armed Forces That have defended the United States of America SPONSORED BY Soque Garden Club, Helen, Georgia The City of Helen, Georgia The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc....

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Song of the Chattahoochee -Sidney Lanier

Song of the Chattahoochee Sidney Lanier 1842 - 1881 " Pass not, so cold, these manifold Deep shades of the Hills of Habersham, These glades in the valleys of Hall ". Erected by Tomochichi chapter,...

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