Fort Gaines Guards-GHM 030-7-Clay Co
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N 31° 36.314 W 085° 02.938
16R E 685086 N 3498331
Washington Street, Fort Gaines
Waymark Code: WMA75P
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2010
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Organized in 1836 under the command of Col. J. E. Brown, for 74 years the Fort Gaines Guards was one of the best and, later, the oldest military organization in western Georgia. Kept intact between wars, the Guards fought in the Indian and Mexican War, in 1861. 120 men under Capt. B. A. Turnipseed, Co. D. 9th Ga. Regiment, Tige Anderson´s Brigade, Longstreet´s Corps, fought gallantly through the War Between the States. Of the original 120 only 13 remained to surrender at Appomattox. Reorganized in 1868, a detachment of the Guards under L. E. A. Greece volunteered service in 1898 in the Spanish American War. The Guards were disbanded about 1910.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 030-7
Date: 1957
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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