Morrow, Georgia

Morrow Station was established as a depot on the Macon & Western R. R. when it was put into operation in 1846. A post office was opened here in 1871, and the City of Morrow was incorporated in 1943.

The birthplace ...

First Baptist Church in Georgia

Kiokee Church, the first Baptist Church to be constituted in Georgia, was organized in the Spring of 1772, by the Rev. Daniel Marshall, one of the founders of the Baptist denomination in Georgia. A meeting house was built, and the ...

Georgia Militia on Turner's Ferry Road

Gen. Gustavus W. Smith’s Georgia Militia & Gen. L. S. Ross’ cav., driven E. to this point from Sandtown rd. (at Mableton), July 4, 1864, was again assailed by the 17th A. C. [US] July 5. Gresham’s 4th div., astride ...

The State of Georgia Salutes

[Upper right corner is the Prisoner of War and Missing in Action (POW/MIA) emblem]

• The 77,000 Georgians who served in World War I;

the 1,937 KIA; 3,319 WIA; 67 Ex-POWs and 54 MIA

• The 324,373 Georgians who served in World War ...

Georgia

(Front):Erected A.D. 1894

by the people of Georgia

to 290 of her sons who

lie in this cemetery.

(Right Side):

"The brave die never being deathless. They but change their country's arms for more - their country's heart."

(Back):When duty called the came

When country called they ...

7th Georgia Markers

Sometime after 1903, veterans of the 7th Georgia Infantry erected at least six markers on the Manassas battlefield to locate battle positions. Only this marker and one other approximately 350 yards southeast of here survive. Colonel Francis S. Bartow was ...

The Great Seal of Georgia

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When Federal troops entered Milledgeville in November, 1864, Georgia Secretary of State Nathan C. Barnett hid the Great Seal under a house and the legislative minutes in a pig pen 30 yards east of this point. Later they were returned ...

University of Georgia

Endowed with 40,000 acres of land in 1784 and chartered in 1785, the charter was the first granted by a state for a government controlled university. After Louisville and then Greensboro were first selected, the current site was chosen.

The first ...

Howell's Georgia Battery

Maj. Robert Martin's Artillery Battalion

Howell's Georgia Battery

Two 6-pdr., Two 12-pdr. Howitzers.

Maj. Robert Martin's Artillery Battalion

Walker's (Gist's) Div., Hardee's Corps.

Capt. Evan P. Howell, Commanding.

1st Lieut. W.G. Robson.

2d Lieuts. T.J. Gilmore and R.T. Gibson.

Nov. 25th, 1863, 11 A.M.

A section of 6-pdr. guns ...

Louisville, Georgia

1786 - 1986

Chartered in 1786, the City of Louisville was named in honor of King Louis XVI in appreciation for the help he gave the colonies during the American Revolution. From 1796 to 1805, Louisville served as the first ...