Federal Raid
On Saturday, November 19, 1864, Federal troops under Gen. Geary, Sherman´s 20th Army Corps, drove a small detachment of Confederate soldiers out of Buckhead, ate dinner and then destroyed the...
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Park Home and Site of Park's Mill
This house built in early 1800 and used as a stagecoach stop, was located on Seven Islands Road which ran from Philadelphia to New Orleans. On Nov. 20, 1864, Federal raiders under Gen....
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Antioch Baptist Church
Three miles from here in a grove of oaks Antioch Baptist Church was established in a primitive log cabin, Sept. 18, 1809. Soon a building 40 x 60 was erected on 4-1/2 acres of land including...
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The Stoneman Raid
Closing in on Atlanta in July 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, found its vast fortifications ´too strong to assault and too extensive to invest.´ To force an evacuation, he sent Maj. Gen....
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Seven Islands Road
The Seven Islands- Alabama Road- was an important emigrant route to the west. Travelers from northeast Georgia and the upper Carolinas followed this trace to the Mississippi Territory, Louisiana,...
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William Tappan Thompson
William Tappan Thompson, famous Georgia journalist and author, was born in Ohio in 1812. Moving to Augusta in 1835, he became associated with Augustus Baldwin Longstreet in the publication of the...
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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,...
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Joshua Hill Home
1 block Joshua Hill, noted Georgian of the Civil War and Reconstruction, was born in 1812 in the Abbeville District, S.C. He studied law and come to Ga. to practice, settling in Madison...
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Montgomery County
Montgomery County, created Dec. 19, 1793 out of Washington, originally contained all of Wheeler and Tattnall and parts of Treutlen, Toombs, Emanuel and Dodge Counties. It was named for Maj. Gen....
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Dead River Cemetery
On a hilltop nearby stands the old Dead River Cemetery named for the river which was at one time part of the Oconee. Dead River Church once stood there but was later moved to Longpond 2...
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Blue Star Memorial Highway
Blue Star Memorial A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America. Sponsored by The federated Garden Clubs of Macon, Inc in cooperation with The Garden Club...
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Alfred Blalock, M.D. 1899-1964
World famous surgeon, teacher and research scientist was born in Culloden, Georgia April 5, 1899 and educated at Georgia Military College, the University of Georgia and Johns Hopkins...
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Where Uncle Remus Came of Age
One block east stood the old office of The Monroe Advertiser, where Joel Chandler Harris, creator of ´Uncle Remus,´ came in 1867, as a boy of nineteen, to work until 1870. Here he advanced...
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Dames Ferry
In 1808, widow Mary Green Dame and her six children settled in Jones County. Two sons, George and John, builders by trade, built a house on the east side of the Ocmulgee River. Zachariah...
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Kilpatrick's Cavalry at the Towaliga River
On Nov. 17, 1864, Kilpatrick´s cavalry division [US], which was covering the right flank of Gen. Sherman´s army on its March to the Sea, moved from Bear Creek Station (Hampton) 31 mi. NW, down...
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