This is just off I-75 at the Sunsweet Exit.
For an older view:
http://vanishingsouthgeorgia.com/2008/12/21/southern-goods-willis-still-road/
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I-75 Lollygaggers, Tift County
Posted in --TIFT COUNTY GA-- with tags --TIFT COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, {South Georgia Curiosities}, {South Georgia Murals}, {South Georgia Roadside Attractions}, {The Civil War in South Georgia} on February 7, 2012 by Brian BrownIron Cross of Private Henry T. Rogers
Posted in --COLQUITT COUNTY GA--, Moultrie GA with tags --COLQUITT COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Moultrie GA, {South Georgia Cemeteries}, {South Georgia Memorials}, {The Civil War in South Georgia} on February 4, 2012 by Brian Brown
Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Moultrie
1 January 1842 – 22 September 1903
Company A, 11th Battallion, Georgia Artillery
“Sumter Flying Artillery”
Confederate Monument, 1909, Moultrie
Posted in --COLQUITT COUNTY GA--, Moultrie GA with tags --COLQUITT COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Moultrie GA, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Courthouses}, {South Georgia Landmarks}, {South Georgian Monuments}, {The Civil War in South Georgia} on February 4, 2012 by Brian Brown
Gravesite of Confederate Brigadier General Robert Lawton
Posted in --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Savannah GA with tags --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Savannah GA, {Coastal Georgia}, {National Register of Historic Places}, {South Georgia Cemeteries}, {South Georgia Landmarks}, {South Georgia Sculptures}, {The Civil War in South Georgia} on January 26, 2012 by Brian Brown
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah
Alexander Robert Lawton (5 November 1818-2 July 1896). Mr. Lawton was a President of the Augusta and Savannah Railroad, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, and a President of the American Bar Association. The sculpture was created in 1898 by Rafaello Romanelli in Florence.
Gravesite of Confederate Brigadier General Robert Lawton
Posted in --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Savannah GA with tags --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Savannah GA, {Coastal Georgia}, {National Register of Historic Places}, {South Georgia Cemeteries}, {South Georgia Landmarks}, {South Georgia Sculptures}, {The Civil War in South Georgia} on January 26, 2012 by Brian Brown
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah
Alexander Robert Lawton (5 November 1818-2 July 1896)
Mr. Lawton was a President of the Augusta and Savannah Railroad, Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, and a President of the American Bar Association. The sculpture was created in 1898 by Rafaello Romanelli in Florence.
Confederate Brigadier General Robert Houston Anderson Monument
Posted in --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Savannah GA with tags --CHATHAM COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, Savannah GA, {Coastal Georgia}, {National Regisgter of Historic Places}, {South Georgia Cemeteries}, {South Georgia Landmarks}, {South Georgia Monuments}, {The Civil War in South Georgia} on January 26, 2012 by Brian Brown
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah
1 October 1835 – 8 February 1888
An 1857 West Point graduate, Robert H. Anderson served at a New York state garrison and at Fort Walla Walla as an infantry lieutenant. At the time of Georgia’s secession, he accepted a commission as a Confederate lieutenant of artillery. Promoted to Major in September 1861, he assumed the administrative post of assistant adjutant general to William Henry Talbot Walker, Major General of Georgia state troops, commanding on the Georgia coast. He saw action at Fort McAllister and was later transferred with a promotion to Colonel of the 5th Georgia Cavalry, which was serving in the Army of Tennessee. A few months later, he was raised to brigade command and made Brigadier General on 26 July 1864. He took part in all of the operations in the Atlanta Campaign. After the war, he served as Savannah’s Chief of Police from 1867 until his death.
Crystal Lake, Irwin County
Posted in --IRWIN COUNTY GA-- with tags --IRWIN COUNTY GA--, Collection of Brian Brown, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Recreation}, {South Georgia Rivers Creeks & Lakes}, {The Civil War in South Georgia} on January 3, 2012 by Brian Brown
This postcard image shows the pavilion and beach at Crystal Lake in its early days as a tourist attraction, circa 1964. Well known to locals since the 1860s, Crystal Lake was originally known as Bone Pond, for Willis Bone, a Northerner who ran a grist mill at the site. One of the most infamous stories of Irwin County history relates that Bone, a Union sympathizer, gave refuge to runaway slaves and after one such runaway slave was discovered on the Bone property by Jack Walker, Bone shot and killed the loyal Confederate. After a search party located Walker’s remains, an impromptu “court” was called and Bone was hanged at the nearby county seat of Irwinville.
The lake has now almost completely dried up and is no longer open to the public. Owned by the Adcock Family of Tift County, it is leased as a hunting club today.
The story of Willis Bone was taken from Mark V. Wetherington’s excellent book, Plain Folk’s Fight: The Civil War & Reconstruction in Piney Woods Georgia (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2005).
Old Campground Cemetery, Toombs County
Posted in --TOOMBS COUNTY GA-- with tags --TOOMBS COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, {South Georgia Cemeteries}, {South Georgia Historic Markers}, {The Civil War in South Georgia} on December 17, 2011 by Brian Brown
Founded Circa 1820 as a meeting place for circuit riding ministers, Old Campground added a cemetery in 1853. It contains some of the oldest graves in Toombs County. There are three Confederate veterans buried here, including Lt. Gordon K. Fort, 24th Bn. Georgia Cavalry one of the “Immortal 600.”
During the War for Southern Independence, (1861-1865), the U. S. Army selected 600 captured Confederate officers, including Lt. Fort, for retaliation against the South. In one of the most heinous acts of vengeance in American history, they were starved, maltreated, and used as human shields. Because of their courage and perseverance, they became known as the “Immortal 600.” Also buried here are Lt. Robert Stripling, 61st Rgt. and Pvt. Benjamin Stripling of the 47th Regt. Georgia Infantry, CSA.
The cemetery is 1/4 mile south of this location.
This marker was placed by the General Robert Toombs Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Zion Lutheran Church, 1872, Effingham County
Posted in --EFFINGHAM COUNTY GA-- with tags --EFFINGHAM COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, {South Georgia Architecture}, {South Georgia Churches}, {South Georgia Landmarks}, {The Civil War in South Georgia} on October 7, 2011 by Brian Brown
http;//www.zionlutheranga.com/about-zion/history-of-zion/
On 8 December 1864, Major General William T. Sherman headquartered in this historic churchyard.
Unknown Confederate Veteran, Plum Orchard Cemetery
Posted in --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA-- with tags --MCINTOSH COUNTY GA--, Copyright Brian Brown, {Coastal Georgia}, {South Georgia Cemeteries}, {The Civil War in South Georgia} on September 12, 2011 by Brian Brown
Though this grave is unmarked, it likely belongs to a member of the Rozier family, as it is surrounded by headstones bearing that name.
