Civil War Women’s Riot Marker

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Columbus in Muscogee County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Civil War Women’s Riot

By David Seibert, April 30, 2011

1. Civil War Women’s Riot Marker

Inscription. On April 11, 1863, during the American Civil War, sixty-five Columbus women armed with knives and pistols rallied at this site and marched down Broad Street raiding the stores of speculators before police could restore order. During the war many planters ignored the Confederate government’s plea to grow food crops and continued to focus on cotton production instead, which was much more profitable but resulted in a food shortage that hit southern urban women particularly hard. Hoarding food and other commodities by speculating merchants made problems even worse. Women responded by staging riots all across the South, including in every major city in Georgia.

Erected 2011 by Georgia Historical Society and the Georgia Department of Economic Development. (Marker Number 106-2.)

Location. 32° 28.29′ N, 84° 59.593′ W. Marker is in Columbus, Georgia, in Muscogee County. Marker is on Broadway 0 miles north of 13th Street, in the median. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Columbus GA 31901, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. George Parker Swift I (about 400 feet away, in a direct line); General Benning (about 600 feet away); Eagle & Phenix Mills (about 700 feet away); First Black Public School (approx. 0.2 miles away); Haiman's Sword Factory (approx. 0.2 miles away); High Uptown Historic District / Garrett-Bullock-Delay House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Birthplace of Robert Winship Woodruff (approx. 0.2 miles away); Martin J. Crawford (approx. 0.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Columbus.

By David Seibert, April 30, 2011

2. Civil War Women’s Riot Marker

Looking north on Broadway, at the marker and the fountain by which it stands

Credits. This page originally submitted on May 16, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 418 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 16, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.