Title: Civil War Sites in Georgia
First published: 1996
Description: In Georgia you will find . . .


The celebrated locomotive General
Mrs. Robert E. Lee's rolling pin
The original handwritten Confederate constitution
A Confederate statue that was "lynched" and buried
The world's largest sculpture
The nation's largest national battlefield park
A unique double-barreled cannon
The grave of the last Confederate veteran
Georgia was so devastated during the Civil War that nearly a century was required to recover from its effects. During those one hundred years Georgians forged a state that has become a leader of the nation, but they have never forgotten their heritage.

Civil War Sites in Georgia is a brief history of the Civil War in Georgia and a comprehensive guide to more than 300 Civil War sites, including 25 battlefields, 35 museums, 40 Confederate cemeteries, 2 national cemeteries, 300 statues and monuments, 5 forts, 5 Confederate prisons, and 5 Civil War-related national, state, and municipal parks. Entries are arranged geographically. The book is illustrated with 42 photographs and 9 maps.
Subjects: Guidebooks, Georgia Civil War, 1861-1865, Historic sites, History, American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, Georgia, description and travel, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, campaigns
Places: Georgia
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: F287 .M55 1996