They were located in churches, homes and other buildings and served as many as 10,000 wounded soldiers of the North and the South. Through the cooperation of the Daughters of the Confederacy and private collectors, the Museum has on permanent display an authenic Confederate battle flag, a large collection of weapons and equipment, period photographs and other artifacts. The Male Academy Museum has received recognition and wide acclaim for its extensive collection of period clothing from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many prominent families from the area have donated exquisite items of attire from bygone years, which textile experts have carefully reworked and preserved. Select exhibits from this vast collection are mounted throughout the year.
Story boards identify the origin, fabric, style and donor of the article.
General William McIntosh, the half Scot- half Creek chief of the Cowetas, was responsible for the land cession. This resulted in his murder by the dissenting Upper Creeks. The state was then divided into land lots and sold to new settlers by means of a lottery. Most of them moved from the Carolinas and Virginia. One of the county's first settlers was Dr. Ira Ellis Smith, who brought his family from Virginia to Coweta County in 1828.