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W. T. Wofford

W. T. Wofford was a cavalry captain in the Mexican War (1846-48), a Georgia politician, and a Confederate colonel (later brigadier general) during the Civil War (1861-65). Though originally against...

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Georgia in 1860

Georgia, uniquely situated among southern states on the eve of the Civil War (1861-65), played a vital part in the formation of the Confederacy. A geographic lynchpin that linked Atlantic seaboard and...

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Fort Daniel

Fort Daniel, located on Hog Mountain in Gwinnett County, near the head of the Apalachee River, was one of several small frontier forts or “stations” built in northwest Georgia during the late...

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Boundaries of Georgia

The boundary lines that define the state of Georgia are significant for a variety of reasons, such as ownership of physical territory, jurisdiction for the state’s laws, and the state’s rights within...

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John Ruggles Cotting

A chemist, geologist, and instructor, John Ruggles Cotting conducted a significant geological survey of Georgia’s Burke and Richmond counties in 1836. As the first state geologist of Georgia, he...

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William Grimes

William Grimes, a former enslaved person who attained property ownership and social respectability yet died in poverty, published the first known slave narrative printed in the United States and not...

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Augustin Verot

As the third Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Savannah, a position he held between 1861 and 1870, Augustin Verot guided the diocese through the turbulent years of the Civil War (1861-65) and...

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Dueling in Georgia

Dueling involved two combatants, with some intractable disagreement, who fought one another, often to the death. These engagements proceeded according to a predetermined set of rules and were usually...

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USS Savannah

Between the late eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, multiple ships belonging to the U.S. Navy were named Savannah. Two ships carrying the name CSS Savannah were part of the Confederate navy and...

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Elizabeth Church Robb

Elizabeth Church Robb was a Confederate sympathizer best known for her work to relieve the suffering of Confederate soldiers in Union prisons. In the years following her death, Robb became a Lost...

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