William Clayton Fain: Georgia Unionist - Blue Ridge, GA
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N 34° 51.899 W 084° 19.499
16S E 744531 N 3861334
This new marker was recently unveiled in October 2012 and is part of a statewide commemoration of the Civil War’s 150th anniversary. It's located by the park at the intersection of East Main Street and Depot Street.
Waymark Code: WMJTXJ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/31/2013
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William Clayton Fain: Georgia Unionist
One of the leading Unionists in the state during the Civil War, William Clayton Fain was born in Georgia in 1825. A Fannin County lawyer and state representative, he served in the 1861 Secession Convention, where he opposed Georgia leaving the United States and refused to sign the Ordinance of Secession. During the Civil War, Fain was an outspoken supporter of the United States and an anti-Confederate leader among the sizeable number of Unionists in Fannin and adjoining counties. In 1864, the U.S. Army authorized him to raise recruits, which he conducted into Federal lines. Fain was captured and killed by Confederates near Ducktown, Tennessee, on April 6, 1864. He was one of many Southerners who opposed the Confederacy, including 400,000 – primarily from the Upper South – who enlisted in the U.S. armed forces.
Erected for the Civil War 150 commemoration by the Georgia Historical Society, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, and the Georgia Battlefields Association
Type of Marker: Park
Marker #: GHS 55-2
Date: October 11, 2012
Sponsor: Erected for the Civil War 150 commemoration by the Georgia Historical Society, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, and the Georgia Battlefields Association
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