near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
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Tennessee 2nd Regt. Infty. Polk's Brigade Cleburne's Division 10:30 A.M. September 20, 1863
(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Tennessee 2nd Regt. Infty. Polk's Brigade Cleburne's Division 10:30 A.M. September 20, 1863(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
1805 William Clark recorded in his journal that on this date: “I can observe at a distance... a high ridge of thinly timbered countrey the water of the south fork is greenish blue, the north as clear as crystial.” Clark’s . . . 
Semple's Alabama Battery. 4 Napoleons. Wood's Brigade, Cleburne's Division, Hill's Corps. September 20, 1863. 1st Lieutenant Richard W. Goldthwaite,Commanding. 1st Lieutenant E. C. McLelland. 2d Lieutenant C. M. Dowd. The . . . 
(side 1) Charles Clark was born in 1811 in Lebanon, Ohio. He graduated from law school in Kentucky and was given a river trip to New Orleans in 1831. When Clark stopped in Natchez, Mississippi, he was attracted to the old . . . 
1861-1865 To the memory of our Confederate Soldiers. "Lest We Forget."
November 18, Monday 1805 William Clark recorded in his journal that on this date: "I set out with 10 men and my man York to the ocian by land.... (later in the day) … I found Capt. Lewis name on a tree. I also engraved my . . . 
In memory, honor and recognition of the Nuclear and Atomic Veterans. Those that risked their lives to the experimental testing of nuclear weapons and exposure to radiation. National Association of Atomic Veterans (NAAV) . . . 
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