- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Double Bridges historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Talbot County
Fords (Stream crossings)--Georgia--Flint River - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Talbot County, 32.69949, -84.53301
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 36 about 2 miles N.E. of Pleasant Hill at Old Alabama Road
Text of marker: "DOUBLE BRIDGES. An ante-bellum Alabama Rd. crossing of Flint River at Owens Island, 1.25 mi. N. of the old DuBignon Ferry & 2.5 mi. N.E. of this point. Wilson's Cav. seized Columbus Apr. 16, 1865. On the 17th, Minty's div. was sent to blaze a trail to Macon. Minty sent the 4th Mich. & 3d Ohio Cav. under Col. B.D. Pritchard on a night march to secure the Flint River crossing at Double Bridges, guarded by 50 Georgia Cavalry Reserves, under Maj. N.C. Osborn. Pritchard, in a surprise attack, with overwhelming forces, seized the island and the two bridges. Wilson's Raiders followed Apr. 18-19, via Talbotton, Belleview, Pleasant Hill & Thomaston. 130-2A GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_double-bridges
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_double-bridges
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
