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Macon Defensive Fortifications

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Macon, Georgia.
Military earthworks, also variously called redoubts, lunettes, entrenchments and breastworks, have been used for centuries as points of lookout and defense. Early in the Civil War, soldiers learned to dig a simple trench . . .

(War, US Civil • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

C.S.A Headquarters

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Dover, Tennessee.
C.S.A. Headquarters of Brigadier General John B. Floyd Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rice House

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Dover, Tennessee.
Site of Gen. Gideon Pillow's headquarters where on the night of February 15, 1862, the principle Confederate commanders met to decide the fate of Fort Donelson.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Confederate Monument

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near Dover, Tennessee.
Because they had fought against the United States, Confederate dead were not reburied in the National Cemetery. This monument erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy is a memorial for those men. It was dedicated in 1933.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Columbiad vs. Carondelet

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near Dover, Tennessee.
"The [10-inch] Columbiad was rigidly impartial, and fired on the boats as... ircumstances dictated, with...the last few shots... directed at the Carondelet... hugging the eastern shore and... a little in advance of others... . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Florida Monument

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Tennessee.
(West side) This monument has been erected in memory of the soldiers of the State of Florida who took part in the battle fought here September 19-20, 1863 whether they fell in battle or lived to render further services to . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Floyd Chapel Baptist Church

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Stockbridge, Georgia.
Floyd Chapel Baptist Church was a safe place for African Americans to worship in the early 1800s. One of the first churches in Stock bridge, its original location was approximately 1.5 miles north, off of what is now called . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Civil Rights • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sylvan Grove Plantation

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Jackson, Georgia.
Sylvan Grove Hospital site was originally part of a large colonial cotton plantation known as Sylvan Grove Plantation. This plantation was settled in 1817 by Williams Buttrill, Revolutionary soldier and aide to General . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary • Political Subdivisions • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sylvan Grove Plantation

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Jackson, Georgia.
In 1864, Sylvan Grove Plantation was located just outside Jackson. Its owner, Asa Buttrill, built an impressive 14-room plantation house in the 1830s for his bride, Lucy Manley. The house stood slightly south of the large . . .

(War, US Civil • Arts, Letters, Music • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jackson

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Jackson, Georgia.
Jackson, seat of Butts County, "was a beautiful little place and evidently occupied by the most prosperous people of that region. Those descriptive words were penned by Union Major Thomas W Osborn, Chief of Artillery of . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Antislavery - Underground Railroad Movement

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Adrian, Michigan.
What was the Underground Railroad? The Underground Railroad existed from around 1830 to the Civil War (1860). It was a secret (underground) network of people organized on Moral grounds to help slaves travel to Canada to find . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR) Includes complete text, location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Revolutionary War skirmish marker

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Somerville, Massachusetts.
A sharp fight occurred here between the Patriots and the British. April 19, 1775 This marks British solders graves.

(War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Drop Gate Locks

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Cabin John, Maryland.
The “drop gate” on this lift lock was a technological advance over the more common swing-gate lock. It was faster and could be more easily operated by a single employee. Only a few drop-gates were installed on the canal, . . .

(Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Illinois - 104th Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
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(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Officers Quarters Fort Brooke

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Tampa, Florida.
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(Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Lighthouse and Keepers House

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St Augustine, Florida.
The St. Augustine Lighthouse began as a Spanish watchtower and is St. Augustine’s oldest brick structure. Rare proof exists of African Americans on site during its construction. The 1876 house includes an uncommon coquina . . .

(African Americans • Environment • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Graves' Battery C.S.A.

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near Dover, Tennessee.
This battery of 6 field pieces occupied this position commanding the valley of Indian Creek. On February 13, 1862, in the morning, these guns opened an effective fire upon Federal troops advancing in an attack against the . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Cherry Mansion

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Savannah, Tennessee.
Built by slaves with bricks made from riverbank clay, the Cherry Mansion is the oldest home in Savannah. When the Federal army arrived here in March 1862, William Harrell Cherry, a strong Union sympathizer, offered his home . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War on the River

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Savannah, Tennessee.
In March 1862, Union steamboats fought Tennessee River currents to carry an invading army deep into the Confederacy. At the height of the Union occupation, transports and gunboats four and five deep lined both sides of the . . .

(War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Confederate Row

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Frederick, Maryland.
Frederick County was central to the Civil War military campaigns of 1862, 1863, and 1864, while Frederick City served as a major hospital center for soldiers of both armies. Hundreds of men died here, prompting the need for . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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