- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Hermitage historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Floyd County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Shannon - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Floyd County, Shannon, 34.33676, -85.07134
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Old Ga. 53 near Hermitage Rd. in Shannon
Text of marker: "HERMITAGE. Home of Joseph Watters (1792 - 1866), pioneer settler in Floyd County; an admirer of Andrew Jackson, he named it "Hermitage." A settlement of that name is 1 mi. S. E. May 17, 18, 1864: Brig. Gen. K. Garrard's (2d) div. of Elliott's Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, moved down this road from near Calhoun to strike the Rome R.R. west of Kingston. Operating on the right wing of McPherson's Army of the Tennessee, Garrard turned S.E. here & reached Barnsley's - noon, May 18, in advance of McPherson's troops which had turned E. at McGuire's, 3 mi. N.E. 057-3 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_hermitage
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_hermitage
- 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:
-
