The Madden Branch Massacre: Anti-Confederate activity in North Georgia
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N 34° 59.250 W 084° 22.233
16S E 740007 N 3874816
This marker is located on Blue Ridge Drive just North of the Toccoa River in McCaysville.
Waymark Code: WMJV4Z
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2014
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North of here on Madden Branch in Polk County, Tennessee, on November 29, 1864, during the American Civil War, six Georgians trying to enlist in the U.S. Army -- Thomas Bell, Harvey Brewster, James T. Hughes, James B. Nelson, Elijah Robinson, Peter Parris, and Wyatt J. Parton-were executed by the notorious Confederate guerilla John P. Gatewood, “the long-haired, red-bearded beast from Georgia.” The Madden Branch Massacre was one of several atrocities that occurred as the mountain counties divided into pro and anti-Confederate factions. Many Georgians resented the Confederacy's strong central government measures such as conscription, impressment, and taxation and resisted by enlisting in the 5th Tennessee Mounted Infantry (U.S.) and the 1st Georgia State Troops Volunteers (U.S.) or forming their own guerilla units.
Erected for the Civil War 150 Commemoration by the Georgia Historical Society
and the Georgia Department of Economic Development
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHS 55-1
Date: September 28, 2011
Sponsor: Erected for the Civil War 150 Commemoration by the Georgia Historical Society and the Georgia Department of Economic Development
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