Battle of Rivers' Bridge

Feb. 2-3, 1865

The End is Near

The Union Victory broke the main Confederate line of defense in lower South Carolina. McLaws' troops retreated to another line behind the Edisto River about 20 miles northeast of here, then continued to fall ...

Georgia Militia at Forsyth

On Nov. 16, 1864, Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith, CSA, reached Griffin (30 miles NW) after a night withdrawal from Lovejoy’s Station (13 miles N of Griffin) where he had been posted to support Iverson’s division of Wheeler’s cavalry [CS] ...

Vasa: Mattson's Settlement

?Founded in 1853 and called “Mattson’s Settlement” after its first resident, Hans Mattson, the community was renamed Vasa in 1856 in honor of Swedish King Gustav Vasa. Once called “the most Swedish colony in America,” the town prospered as an ...

The National Road / The Interurban Electric Railway

The National Road

To George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and others, a road to the Ohio Country was essential for the United States’ development. An overland route was the way west for settlers and goods, as well as a means to transport ...

Battle of Nashville

Peach Orchard Hill

On Dec. 16, 1864, Gen. S.D. Lee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, held this right flank of Hood's defense line which ran south along the crest of this ridge. Violent artillery fire and infantry attacks by the corps of ...

Howell's Georgia Battery

Martin's Artillery Battalion -Walker's Division

Howell's Georgia Battery.

2 6-pdr., 2 12-pdr. howitzers.Maj. Robert Martin's Artillery Battalion.Walker's Division, Hardee's Corps.Nov 24th, 1863, 11 A.M.Capt. Evan P. Howell, Commanding.1st Lieut. W.C. Robson.2nd Lieut. T.J. Gilmore.2nd Lieut. R.T. Gibson.

By order of Captain Howell, commanding ...

First Presbyterian Ordination in Georgia

In the shade of a giant poplar tree which stood 200 feet East of this spot, on the 22nd of July, 1790, the Rev. John Springer was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry and installed Pastor of Smyrna, Providence and Washington ...

The Salt Lake Theatre

Long, long be my heart with such memories filled;

like the vase in which roses have once been distilled.

You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will,

but the scent of the roses will hang ’round it still.Thomas Moore

“The ...

Fredericksburg Battlefield

Before you looms Marye's Heights, a key point in the two major Civil War battles. At the base of the heights, bordered by a stone wall, lies the Sunken Road. In December 1862 Confederate troops standing in the road repelled ...

William Moore Tidewater Musician

William "Bill" Moore was born in Georgia in 1893. Nearby stood his home and barbershop. Paramount recorded Moore in Chicago in 1928 and released eight songs, some of the earliest by an African American folk performer from Virginia. They are ...