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Polk's March to Lost Mountain

June 4, 1864. The embattled forces of Gen. J. E. Johnston´s army, [Confed.] having confronted Sherman´s army [Union] on the Dallas-New Hope Church front, since May 25, abandoned the position &...

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Johnston's Headquarters

During the fighting at Dallas, New Hope Church, Pickett´s Mill & elsewhere along the opposing Confederate & Federal lines, General J. E. Johnston [Confederate] had h´dq´rs at the Wm. Wigley house...

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The March of Hardee's Corps, May 23-25, 1864

Lt. Gen. Hardee´s A.C. [CSA], having marched from Stegall´s Station (Emerson) near the Etowah River & camped at the Dr. Smith house, May 23d, passed New Hope Church on the 24th, enroute to the...

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The Orphan Brigade at Dallas

May 28, 1864. On ridge W., were the intrenched Lines of the 1st div., 15th A.C. & the 2d div., 16th A.C. [USA]; beyond the ravine E., the lines of Bates div. Of Hardee´s corps [CSA]....

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Federal Line

Here, the intrenched line held by Maj. Gen. J. B. McPherson´s Army of the Tenn. [Federal] crossed the road; erected & occupied May 26 & abounded June 1, 1864. These troops were the right...

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Confederate Line

Here, the intrenched line held by Gen. J. E. Johnston´s forces [Confederate] during the fighting on the Dallas-New Hope Ch. front, crossed the road; line erected & occupied May 26 & abandoned June...

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Left of the Confederate Line

Hardee´s A.C. was on the left of General J.E. Johnston´s line [CSA]~Dallas~New Hope front. May 26~June 4, 1864. Dallas was the southern~most objective of Federal forces in their flanking march...

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Hardee's Hood's & French's Headquarters

Site of Dr. Agustus Smith house,1864. May 23: Gen. Wm. J. Hardee´s headquarters during the march of his Corps from Stegall´s Station (Emerson) to points south. May 24: Gen. John B. Hood spent...

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Howard's Covered Bridge

Built in 1904-05 to replace an earlier structure, this bridge bears the name of a pioneer family who settled near Big Cloud´s Creek in the late 1700s. Constructed in the Town lattice design...

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Cloud's Creek Baptist Church

In 1785, following the Revolutionary War, pioneers from North Carolina -- including the Hendons, Hartsfields, Standifers, Johnsons, Lawrences, and Olives -- settled near Big Cloud´s Creek on...

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Site of Popes Chapel

Site of Popes Chapel 1799 – 1860 On Land owned by Burwell Pope Established is a church by 1799 from a Methodist society in the home of Burwell Pope 1751 – 1800. 3/10 Mi. SW or the home of...

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Site of Millstone Creek Community

(Side 1) Site of Millstone Creek Community Goosepond Militia District Oglethrope Co. (Originally Wilkes Co.) Settled in 1784 by Virginians who came with Colonel George Mathews to the Broad River...

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William Bartram Trail Traced 1773-1777

On this site in 1773, William Bartram with Indians and Traders concluded the western boundary of ´Treaty of Augusta´. ERECTED BY Azalea District, Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. IN COOPERATION...

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Watson Mill Bridge

Built by W.W. King in 1885, Watson Mill Bridge is Georgia´s longest existing covered bridge. Of the Town lattice type it has four spans and is 236 feet long. Covered primarily to protect...

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Meson Academy

Francis Meson (1761-1806), an Irishman and ´wandering schoolteacher,´ became a rich merchant in Lexington. He bequeathed $8,000.00 for an academy building and valuable property for an endowment,...

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Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church

Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church was organized on December 20, 1785, in the wilderness about three miles West of this site, under the leadership of Mr. John Newton, then a licentiate. It was...

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Liberty-Salem- Woodstock-Philomath

This ancient Church has served under four names and in four counties. Liberty Presbyterian Church was organized by the Rev. Daniel Thatcher, about 1788. The original place of worship, a log...

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Oglethorpe County

This County created by an Act of the Legislature Dec. 19, 1793, is named for Gen. James E. Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia. Born in London, England, Dec. 22, 1696, Oglethorpe left England in Nov....

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Governor Gilmer's Home

2 bl. George Rockingham Gilmer, of Scotch descent, was born in 1790 in that part of Wilkes Co. that is now Oglethorpe Co. Soon after admittance to the bar in 1813 he was appointed 1st Lt. in...

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Governor Mathews' Homesite

1 mi. George Mathews born in Va. in 1739, of Irish descent, lived in this area then known as ´Goose Pond´ from 1785. His home since burned. He won distinction fighting Indians in the N.W. Ter....

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