Recovery in Decatur County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Camp Recovery Monument

Photographed by Denise Smiley

1. Camp Recovery Monument

Inscription. Erected on the site of Camp Recovery near which are buried officers and soldiers of the United States Army who died during the Indian Wars in the Flint River and Chattahoochee River countries 1817 to 1821

Erected 1882 by U.S. Secretary of War.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical year for this entry is 1821.

Location. 30° 45.176′ N, 84° 43.966′ W. Monument is in Recovery, Georgia, in Decatur County. It can be reached from the intersection of Booster Club Road and Recovery Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Bainbridge GA 39819, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen

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Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Camp Recovery (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fort Scott (approx. 1.1 miles away); Joshua Davis House (approx. 4.4 miles away in Florida); Ira Sanborn (approx. 5.4 miles away); Apalachicola Arsenal (approx. 6.7 miles away in Florida); a different marker also named Apalachicola Arsenal (approx. 7.1 miles away in Florida); United States Arsenal (1832-1861) (approx. 7.1 miles away in Florida); Charles James Munnerlyn / “Refuge” (approx. 7.6 miles away).

More about this monument. The cannon was never fired at the site; it was moved there later as a memorial.

Also see . . .
1. Camp Recovery Monument - U.S. Army Hospital & Cemetery. (Submitted on April 25, 2018.)
2. Fort Scott (Flint River, Georgia). Wikipedia (Submitted on April 25, 2018.)

Photographed by Denise Smiley

2. Camp Recovery Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on June 6, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2018, by Daniel Eisenberg of Boca Raton, Florida. This page has been viewed 502 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 25, 2018, by Daniel Eisenberg of Boca Raton, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.