Georgia Civil War Trails Historical Markers
By Mark Hilton, December 5, 2018
Georgia State Penitentiary Marker in front of Georgia College.
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1► Georgia (Baldwin County), Milledgeville — L15 — Georgia State Penitentiary From Prisoners to Soldiers March to the Sea Heritage Trail —  |
| 2► Georgia (Baldwin County), Milledgeville — L16 — State House Square "...pretty well ransacked and things torn up generally." March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 3► Georgia (Baldwin County), Milledgeville — L14 — The Old Governor's Mansion "Utmost Disorder and Confusion" March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 4► Georgia (Bartow County), Allatoona — 16 — Allatoona Pass Formidable Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails — |
| 5► Georgia (Bibb County), Macon — Camp Oglethorpe "...such large wolfish eyes!" Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails — |
| 6► Georgia (Bibb County), Macon — Cowles-Bond House Railroads, Planters and Widow Bond Wilson's Raid Heritage Trail — |
| 7► Georgia (Bibb County), Macon — Fort Hawkins The Battle for Macon Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails — |
| 8► Georgia (Bibb County), Macon — R10 — Macon City Hall Georgia's Temporary Capitol Building Wilson's Raid Heritage Trail — |
| 9► Georgia (Bibb County), Macon — Macon Defensive Fortifications The War Comes Home Wilson's Raid Heritage Trail — |
| 10► Georgia (Bibb County), Macon — The Lanier House "He looked bronzed and somewhat careworn, but hardy and vigorous." Jefferson Davis Heritage Trail — |
| 11► Georgia (Burke County), Midville — R17 — The Savannah Road Camp in the Pine Barrens March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 12► Georgia (Burke County), Waynesboro — L25 — The J.D. Roberts Home A Witness to the Battles for Waynesborough March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 13► Georgia (Butts County), Jackson — R5 — Jackson "Little was left besides themselves and their houses." March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 14► Georgia (Butts County), Jackson — R4 — Sylvan Grove Plantation Colonel Spencer's Kindness March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 15► Georgia (Catoosa County), Ringgold — 7 — The Ringgold Depot A Survivor of Battle Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails — |
| 16► Georgia (Clayton County), Jonesboro — 39 — Patrick Cleburne Confederate Cemetery Battle of Jonesborough - the Second Day Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 17► Georgia (Cobb County), Marietta — 21 — Kennesaw House Symbol of Marietta's History Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 18► Georgia (Cobb County), Marietta — 22 — Marietta Confederate Cemetery "Garden of Heroes" Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 19► Georgia (Dade County), Trenton — Trenton Gateway to Chickamauga and the Campaign for Atlanta Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails — |
| 20► Georgia (DeKalb County), Decatur — 28 — Old Dekalb County Courthouse "I had no doubt of my ability to hold the courthouse..." Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails — |
| 21► Georgia (DeKalb County), Decatur — 27 — The Hardman Family Cemetery Early DeKalb County Landmark Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 22► Georgia (Emanuel County), Stevens Crossing — R18 — Pine Barren Crossroads A Junction of Sherman's Right Wing March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 23► Georgia (Fulton County), Atlanta — 35 — Battle of Ezra Church Hood's Third Attack Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 24► Georgia (Fulton County), Atlanta — 25 — Battle of Peach Tree Creek Loring's Attack Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 25► Georgia (Fulton County), Atlanta — 30 — Fort Walker Lemuel Grant's Perimeter "Line of Defenses" Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 26► Georgia (Fulton County), Atlanta — 32 — Georgia Railroad Freight Depot An Enduring Symbol of Atlanta Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails — |
| 27► Georgia (Fulton County), Atlanta — 26 — Peach Tree Creek Crossing Newton Protects Thomas's Left Flank Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 28► Georgia (Gordon County), Calhoun — 15 — Calhoun Depot The War Years - 1861 - 1865 Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 29► Georgia (Gordon County), Resaca — 14 — Oostanaula River Bridges The Battle of Resaca Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 30► Georgia (Jasper County), Hillsboro — R7 — Hillsboro The "Right Wing" Marches through Jasper County March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 31► Georgia (Jefferson County), Bartow — R16 — Bartow "...lighting a continuous fire..." March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 32► Georgia (Jefferson County), Louisville — L20 — Crossing the Ogeechee River A Classic Military Maneuver March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 33► Georgia (Jefferson County), Louisville — L21 — The Sacking of Louisville "...thoroughly and completely ransacked..." March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 34► Georgia (Jenkins County), Millen — R19 — Millen Junction "...its destruction was a brilliant spectacle." March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 35► Georgia (Jenkins County), Perkins — L26 — Battle of Buck Head Creek "...fire one volley and fall back." March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 36► Georgia (Jones County), Clinton — R9 — Old Clinton "...with much difficulty he restrained them from burning the [entire] town." March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 37► Georgia (Jones County), Griswoldville — R11 — Griswoldville One Man's Dreams Destroyed March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 38► Georgia (Jones County), Round Oak — R8 — Sunshine Church A Bitter Defeat March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 39► Georgia (Paulding County), Dallas — 19 — Battle of New Hope Church A Costly Failure Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 40► Georgia (Paulding County), Dallas — 20 — New Hope Church Cemetery "The Hell Hole" Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 41► Georgia (Richmond County), Augusta — L22 — The Augusta Arsenal A "great arsenal of construction..." — |
| 42► Georgia (Richmond County), Augusta — L23 — The Confederate States Powder Works "...the best powder mill in the world..." — |
| 43► Georgia (Screven County), Oliver — R20 — Little Ogeechee Church "Now you understand what a flank movement means" March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 44► Georgia (Screven County), Sylvania — L27 — Jacksonborough A Civil War Ghost Town March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 45► Georgia (Walker County), Chickamauga — 4 — Crawfish Spring A "Magnificent" Respite from Carnage — |
| 46► Georgia (Walker County), Chickamauga — 5 — Lee & Gordon's Mills A Chickamauga Landmark Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails — |
| 47► Georgia (Walker County), Davis Crossroads — 2 — Davis' Cross Roads A Squandered Opportunity Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails — |
| 48► Georgia (Walker County), La Fayette — 3 — Chattooga Academy - John B. Gordon Hall Bragg's Headquarters and the Battle of LaFayette Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails, Inc. — |
| 49► Georgia (Walker County), Rossville — 6 — McFarland's Gap The Battle of Chickamauga Ends in Retreat Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails — |
| 50► Georgia (Walker County), Sugar Valley — 13 — Snake Creek Gap Sherman's First Flanking Movement Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 51► Georgia (Washington County), Davisboro — R15 — New Hope Methodist Church "We camp by side of...a neat frame church" March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 52► Georgia (Washington County), Sandersville — L18 — The Brown House A Bed and a Meal for General Sherman March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 53► Georgia (Washington County), Sandersville — L17 — Washington County Courthouse "We had fought for the town and it was our plunder." Jefferson Davis Heritage Trail — |
| 54► Georgia (Washington County), Tennille — L19 — Tennille Station Sherman's "Wings" Converge March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 55► Georgia (Whitfield County), Dalton — 12 — Battle of Dug Gap Many of them gained the crest, but were met by a tremendous fire..." Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 56► Georgia (Whitfield County), Dalton — Crow Valley "...too strong to be carried without great slaughter." Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 57► Georgia (Whitfield County), Dalton — 11 — Dalton Confederate Cemetery Honored in Death Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 58► Georgia (Whitfield County), Dalton — Fort Hill "...my situation was a desperate one..." Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 59► Georgia (Whitfield County), Dalton — 10 — Hamilton House The Confederate Army Reorganizes Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 60► Georgia (Whitfield County), Rocky Face — 9 — Battle of Mill Creek Gap Buzzard's Roost - May 7 to 12, 1864 Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 61► Georgia (Whitfield County), Tunnel Hill — 8 — Tunnel Hill The Beginning of the Atlanta Campaign Atlanta Campaign Heritage Trail — |
| 62► Georgia (Wilkinson County), Gordon — R12 — Gordon The First Phase Completed March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
| 63► Georgia (Wilkinson County), Toomsboro — R14 — The Defense of Ball's Ferry "General Howard, how can we get any further?" March to the Sea Heritage Trail — |
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