- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Old Belleview historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Talbot County
Communities--Georgia--Belleview
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Talbot County, 32.69949, -84.53301
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 41 about one mile south of Woodland
Text of marker: "OLD BELLEVIEW. Ante-bellum settlement on the Old Alabama Rd., between the Chattahoochee at Columbus & the Flint River at the Double Bridges. Columbus was seized by Federal Cav. under Gen. James H. Wilson, April 16, 1865. The next day Minty's div. was sent forward to secure the Flint River crossing at Double Bridges. This was done by the 4th Michigan & 3rd Ohio Cav., Col B.D. Pritchard comdg., after a rapid night march & a surprise attack, early the 18th. The rest of Wilson's forces left Columbus that day, following Minty's div. via Talbotton, Belleview, Pleasant Hill, Double Bridges, Thomaston, Culloden - Macon their destination. 130-3 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_old-belleview
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_old-belleview
- 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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