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Charles Seton Henry Hardee
Charles Seton Henry Hardee (August 9, 1830 – August 22, 1927) was an American historian based in Savannah, Georgia. His memoirs, ''Reminiscences of Charles Seton Henry Hardee'' and ''Charles Seton Henry Hardee's Recollections of old Savannah'', published by his granddaughter after his death, were written when he was over the age of ninety and became noted works on the history of the city's early years. His manuscript was accurate due to his verification of any subject he did not feel completely sure about. He died at his desk during the writing of the second volume in 1927. Life and career Hardee was born in 1830, at the Rural Felicity Plantation in Camden County, Georgia, to physician John Hais Hardee and Isabella Seton Henry. He was one of their five children, all boys. His father died in 1835, aged 32, when Charles was four years old, and was buried in the family cemetery at the plantation.''Reminiscences of Charles Seton Henry Hardee'', Martha Gallaudet Waring, ''The Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural Felicity Plantation
Rural Felicity Plantation was a Plantation complexes in the Southern United States, plantation, occupying around of land,''Reminiscences of Charles Seton Henry Hardee'', Martha Gallaudet Waring, ''The Georgia Historical Quarterly'', JSTOR (1928), p. 170 in Camden County, Georgia, Camden County, Province of Georgia. Located on the southern banks of the Little Satilla River (Atlantic Ocean), Little Satilla River, it was given by the Georgia (U.S. state), State of Georgia to John Hais Hardee Sr. in 1787 for his distinguished service during the American Revolutionary War. He was one of the first burials there, upon his death in 1809, aged 61. A family burial ground, which has come to be known as the Hull Cemetery, exists on the property. (Joseph Hull, who lived in nearby Little York, married Sarah Hardee, the sister of physician John Hais Hardee Jr., who was born in 1803.''Reminiscences of Charles Seton Henry Hardee'', Martha Gallaudet Waring, ''The Georgia Historical Quarterly'', JS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bull Street
Bull Street is a major street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Named for Colonel William Bull (1683–1755), it runs from Bay Street in the north to Derenne Avenue (part of State Route 21) in the south. It is around 3.40 miles in length, not including the section interrupted by Forsyth Park. It is the center of a National Historic Landmark District. Savannah City Hall sits opposite the northern end of Bull Street, on Bay Street. Bull Street goes around five of Savannah's 22 squares. They are (from north to south): * Johnson Square *Wright Square *Chippewa Square *Madison Square *Monterey Square A memorial in the Oglethorpe Avenue median marks what is today known as the Bull Street Cemetery, with a plaque stating: "Original 1733 burial plot allotted by James Edward Oglethorpe to the Savannah Jewish Community". On November 3, 1761, George III "conveyed a certain half lot of land in Holland Tything, Percival Ward, to David Truan." This land was at the northwest corner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Of Georgia
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina; to the northeast by South Carolina; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by Florida; and to the west by Alabama. Georgia is the 24th-largest state in area and 8th most populous of the 50 United States. Its 2020 population was 10,711,908, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Atlanta, a " beta(+)" global city, is both the state's capital and its largest city. The Atlanta metropolitan area, with a population of more than 6 million people in 2020, is the 9th most populous metropolitan area in the United States and contains about 57% of Georgia's entire population. Founded in 1732 as the Province of Georgia and first settled in 1733, Georgia became a British royal colony in 1752. It was the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established. Named after King George II of Great Britain, the Georgia Colony covered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to win the independence of the Southern states and uphold the institution of slavery. On February 28, 1861, the Provisional Confederate Congress established a provisional volunteer army and gave control over military operations and authority for mustering state forces and volunteers to the newly chosen Confederate president, Jefferson Davis. Davis was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, and colonel of a volunteer regiment during the Mexican–American War. He had also been a United States senator from Mississippi and U.S. Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce. On March 1, 1861, on behalf of the Confederate government, Davis assumed control of the military situation at Charleston, South C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decatur, Georgia
Decatur is a city in, and the county seat of, DeKalb County, Georgia, which is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 census, the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple ZIP Codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear Decatur as the address. The city is served by three MARTA rail stations ( Decatur, East Lake, and Avondale). The city is located approximately northeast of Downtown Atlanta and shares its western border with both the city of Atlanta (the Kirkwood and Lake Claire neighborhoods) and unincorporated DeKalb County. The Druid Hills neighborhood is to the northwest of Decatur. The unofficial motto of Decatur used by some residents is "Everything is Greater in Decatur." History Early history Prior to European settlement, the Decatur area was largely forested (a remnant of old-growth forest near Decatur is preserved as Fernbank Forest). Decatur was established at the intersection of two Native American trails: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calhoun, Georgia
Calhoun is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,949. Calhoun is the county seat of Gordon County. History In December 1827, Georgia had already claimed the Cherokee lands that became Gordon County and other counties. A small town called "Dawsonville" was created and founded in Gordon County, named for the owner of an early general store. Dawsonville was later renamed "Calhoun" to honor U.S. Senator John C. Calhoun, following his death in 1850. Gordon County's inferior court called an election for the selection of the county seat, offering voters a choice between a site on the Western & Atlantic Railroad (near Adairsville) or a site more centrally located within the county. Voters chose a site along the railroad, so the inferior court designated Calhoun as county seat in 1851. The legislature incorporated Calhoun in an act approved on January 12, 1852. On January 5, 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union as a prelu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Decades of political controversy over slavery were brought to a head by the victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion into the west. An initial seven southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding from the United States and, in 1861, forming the Confederacy. The Confederacy seized U.S. forts and other federal assets within their borders. Led by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble Hardee
Noble Andrew Hardee (September 24, 1805 – September 10, 1867) was an American businessman based in Savannah, Georgia, where he was a cotton factor and owner of N. A. Hardee Company. In 1860 he had constructed today's Noble Hardee Mansion in the southwestern corner of Savannah's Monterey Square. Hardee served in the Georgia House of Representatives. Life and career Hardee was born on September 24, 1805, on the Rural Felicity Plantation in Camden County, Georgia, to John Hais Hardee Jr. and Sarah Ellis. He was their fourth child and third son. His brother was lieutenant general William J. Hardee,''Charles Seton Henry Hardee's Recollections of old Savannah'', Martha Gallaudet Waring, ''The Georgia Historical Quarterly'', JSTOR (1929), p. 18 former commandant at West Point.''Sons of American Revolution'' SAR 46364 In the 1820s, he served in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Point, Georgia
Union Point is a city in Greene County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,597. History Union Point was laid out in 1834, when the railroad was extended to that point. The name "Union Point" reflects the fact a railroad junction ("union" of rails) met at the site. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Union Point as a city in 1904. Geography Union Point is located in eastern Greene County at (33.616263, -83.073905). U.S. Route 278 passes through the city as Lamb Avenue, leading east to Crawfordville and west to Greensboro, the Greene County seat. Georgia State Route 77 leads north to Lexington and south to Interstate 20 at Siloam, and State Route 44 leads northeast to Washington. According to the United States Census Bureau, Union Point has a total area of , of which , or 1.34%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,669 people, 651 households, and 421 families residing in the city. The population d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Railroad And Banking Company
The Georgia Railroad and Banking Company also seen as "GARR", was a historic railroad and banking company that operated in the U.S. state of Georgia. In 1967 it reported 833 million revenue-ton-miles of freight and 3 million passenger-miles; at the end of the year it operated of road and of track. History The company was chartered in 1833 in Augusta, Georgia. In 1835, the charter was amended to include banking. Originally the line was chartered to build a railroad from Augusta to Athens, with a branch to Madison. It was converted to in 1886. The gauge railroad opened in 1845 with J. Edgar Thomson as its Chief Engineer and Richard Peters as its first Superintendent. At that time the rates were as follows: * 5¢ per mile for passengers * 50¢ per for freight Several other railroads were then under construction: *The Western and Atlantic Railroad was chartered to build a line from south of the Chattahoochee River, at a point named Terminus (present-day Atlanta), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta ( ), officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Georgia's Georgia (U.S. state)#Major cities (2017), third-largest city after Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, Columbus, Augusta is located in the Fall Line section of the state. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Augusta–Richmond County had a 2020 population of 202,081, not counting the unconsolidated cities of Blythe, Georgia, Blythe and Hephzibah, Georgia, Hephzibah. It is the List of United States cities by population, 116th largest city in the United States. The process of consolidation between the City of Augusta and Richmond County, Georgia, Richmond County began with a 1995 referendum in the two jurisdictions. The merger was completed on July 1, 1996. Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta metropolitan area. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savannah River
The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. Two tributaries of the Savannah, the Tugaloo River and the Chattooga River, form the northernmost part of the border. The Savannah River drainage basin extends into the southeastern side of the Appalachian Mountains just inside North Carolina, bounded by the Eastern Continental Divide. The river is around long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 26, 2011 The Savannah was formed by the confluence of the Tugaloo River and the Seneca River. Today this confluence is submerged beneath Lake Hartwell. The Tallulah Gorge is located on the Tallulah River, a tributary of the Tugaloo River that forms the northwest branch of the Savannah River. Two major cities are located along the Savannah River: Savannah and Augusta, Georgia. They were nuclei of early Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
