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Confederate Monument, Forsyth Park (1879) (To be officially renamed "Civil War Monument" in 2018) [91] [93] General Lafayette McLaws Bust, Forsyth Park (1902). [92] Silence, city-owned Laurel Grove Cemetery (1875). [94] Springfield: Confederate Memorial, across from Effington County Courthouse (1923). [95] Talbotton: Confederate memorial
Subject of the Great Locomotive Chase of the American Civil War, located at Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History: 21: Gilgal Church Battle Site: Gilgal Church Battle Site: January 23, 1975 : 9 mi (14 km) W of Marietta on Sandtown Rd.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia.The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.
The end of the Civil War was initiated on April 9, 1865, with the Union victory at the Battle of Appomattox Court House, after which Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the McLean House. Several hiking trails lead to historic cabins and other marked sites. [112] Blackstone River Valley
The primary reason that Atlanta does not have an abundance of older structures is that the vast majority of pre-civil war buildings were destroyed in Sherman's March to the Sea, in which General William T. Sherman and his Union troops burned nearly every structure in Atlanta during the Civil War. Thus, those pre-civil war buildings that remain ...
Johnston's River Line, also called Johnston's Line, the Chattahoochee River Line or simply The River Line, is a historic American Civil War defensive line located in the communities of Mableton, Smyrna, and Vinings, Georgia that was used by the Confederate Army under General Joseph E. Johnston during the Atlanta Campaign in early July 1864.
As was customary for gunpowder mills, the buildings were separated and designed to survive explosions, with raw materials starting at one end, and the finished powder ending a mile and a half away at the other end. The saltpeter refinery building was the largest, was designed in Gothic style as a replica of the British Houses of Parliament.
The outcome of this November 1863 battle prolonged the Civil War and significantly delayed Federal troops from reaching the Confederate stronghold of Atlanta. The engagement between Major Generals Hooker and Cleburne led to Cleburne's fame as the Confederacy's "Stonewall of the West." Major General Cleburne protected the pass with strategic ...