Showing posts with label civil war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil war. Show all posts
Sunday, January 5, 2014

Civil War burning of Darien was branded a war crime by both armies

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Ruins at Darien, Georgia On June 11, 1863, Union forces led by Col. James Montgomery burned the historic town of Darien, Georgia, to the...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Night at the Museum at Andersonville on Nov. 16

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Andersonville National Historic Site An outstanding event is set for Andersonville National Historic Site and the National Prisoner of W...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Uncovering the Story of Georgia's Camp Lawton Civil War Prison

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Stockade at Camp Lawton Camp Lawton was a Confederate POW camp built in the late summer and early fall of 1864 to relieve the overcrow...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The Battle of Allatoona Pass - Bartow County, Georgia

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Star Fort at Allatoona Pass Just outside Cartersville, a small parking lot serves as the trailhead for one of the most remarkable histori...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Robert C. Tyler - Last General Killed in the Civil War

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In the southwest corner of Pinewood Cemetery in West Point, Georgia, a small plot of ground has been set aside to provide a resting place fo...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Forsyth Park in Savannah, Georgia - A 19th Century Dream is Realized

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Forsyth Park in Savannah, Georgia When the planners of Savannah's antebellum city expansion conceived the idea of a large public park...
Friday, December 11, 2009

The Nancy Harts - Georgia's Female Civil War Soldiers

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One of the most unique stories of the Civil War in Georgia is that of the famed Nancy Harts, LaGrange's all-female militia company. Name...