- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Site of the Robert C. Saxon House historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Gordon County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gordon County, 34.50336, -84.87575
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S 41 at the Bartow County Line
Text of marker: "SITE OF THE ROBERT C. SAXON HOUSE. Otherwise known as the Octagon or Gravel House - an eight-sided stone residence, built in 1856, on the knoll east of here. May 17, 1864, a rear-guard action between Cheatham's Div., Hardee's A. C. [CSA] and Newton's 2d Div., 4th A. C. [USA] was fought along this road. Eight Tenn. Regts. of Wright's, Maney's & Vaughan's [CSA] brigades posted here, defended it during several hours of musketry & artillery fire, withdrawing at midnight. Burned by 73d Illinois Regt. [USA] next day. 064-2 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1998" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_site-of-the-robert-c.-saxon-house
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_site-of-the-robert-c
- 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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