- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Fort Benning (Side 1) historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Chattahoochee County
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chattahoochee County, 32.34697, -84.78705
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Opposite Greene Hall, Richardson Circle, Fort Benning
Text of marker: "FORT BENNING. Kasihta or Cusseta Town, an important Creek Nation market, played a part in American Revolutionary affairs. In 1780 British Colonel John Tate recruited a large force of local Indians for duty with the British in their defense of Augusta, Georgia. Colonel Tate became ill during the march to Augusta; was returned to Kasihta; died, and was buried on what is now the Fort Benning Military Reservation. Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission 1980" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_fort-benning-side-1
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_fort-benning-side-1
- 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:
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