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Calhoun in Gordon County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Calhoun War Memorial

 
 
Calhoun War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, April 23, 2011
1. Calhoun War Memorial
Inscription.

(north face)
Calhoun
(west face)
Confederate Memorial
Battle of Resaca fought
near here May 14 and 15, 1864
(east face)
Calhoun Honors Her
World War
Heroes

1917—1918
(south face)
Calhoun

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, US CivilWar, World I.
 
Location. 34° 31.804′ N, 84° 56.216′ W. Memorial is in Calhoun, Georgia, in Gordon County. It is at the intersection of North Wall Street (U.S. 41) and Joseph Vann Highway (Georgia Route 225), on the left when traveling south on North Wall Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Calhoun GA 30701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of
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the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sequoyah (within shouting distance of this marker); New Echota Cemetery (approx. 1.7 miles away); Cherokee Indian Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); Trail of Tears (approx. 1.7 miles away); Historic Site in Journalism (approx. 1.7 miles away); New Echota (approx. 1.7 miles away); Hicks/McCoy House Sites (approx. 1.8 miles away); New Echota Ferry (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Calhoun.
 
Confederate Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, April 23, 2011
2. Confederate Memorial
Calhoun War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, April 23, 2011
3. Calhoun War Memorial
Confederate Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, April 23, 2011
4. Confederate Memorial Statue
The J.L. Mott Iron Wks. N.Y.
World War Heroes image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, April 23, 2011
5. World War Heroes
World War Heroes image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, April 23, 2011
6. World War Heroes
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 25, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,287 times since then and 64 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 11, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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