Hog Mountain Baptist Church

Organized January 14, 1854

Eleven charter members first met near what was known as the Hog Mountain House eight miles N.E. of Lawrenceville to organize the church.

The church was organized by Elder David H. Moncrief and Elder Amos Hadaway.

The first ...

First Baptist Church

Congregation organized 1809. Original church, built 1811 on Sumter Street corner, was burned Feb. 17, 1865 by Union troops who mistook it for the present church, built 1859, where the Secession Convention had met Dec. 17, 1860. Because of ...

Seal of the City of Virginia Beach

The Cape Henry Lighthouse & Cross in the seal's center symbolize the beginning of Virginia Beach as well as the United States. The bright sky, sunshine, blue water & sandy beach indicate the importance of tourism & the pleasure of ...

McGowan's Brigade

(Front):South Carolina

McGowan's Brigade

Brig. Gen. Samuel McGowan

1st S.C. Infantry

Col. Comillus W. McCreary

Orr's Rifles

Lt. Col. George McD. Miller

12th S.C. Infantry

Maj. Thomas F. Clyburne

13th S.C. Infantry

Col. Benjamin T. Brockman

14th S.C. Infantry

Col. Joseph N. Brown

(Back):"The Bloody Angle"

In the rainy gloom of May 12, 1864, ...

Bartholomew County Vietnam War Memorial

[ Left Side ]

- -( Seals )- - Branches of

the United States Military

[ Right Side ]

They shall grow not old

as we that are left grow old

Age will not worry them

nor time condemn

But at the going ...

Battle of Missionary Ridge

Without orders, the Federals charged up the mountain

On the morning of November 25, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Union army began its attack against Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederates who occupied this ridge and the slopes below. After unsuccessful attacks ...

Barrow County

Barrow County was created by Act of July 7, 1914 from Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton Counties. It was named for David Crenshaw Barrow, Chancellor of the University of Georgia for many years. Born in Oglethorpe County, October 18, 1852, he ...

Early Drawbridge

One of the few drawbridges in the American colonies was built near here by Benjamin Heron about 1768. Destroyed by British troops, 1781.

Marker is on Castle Hayne Road (U.S. 117) just north of Orange Street, on the right when traveling ...

"The Great Peace Jubilee"

On July 1-4, 1913, the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg was celebrated with the first joint reunion for all Union and Confederate veterans, many of whom fought here in 1863.

53,407 veterans attended. 44,713 Union and 8,694 Confederate. A ...

Better Than a Tent...

On the afternoon of July 1, 1863, the Union Army retreated from positions behind you to Cemetery Hill, the high ground in front of you. By early evening Union pickets along this area of the Emmitsburg Road were being harassed ...