- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- The Madden Branch Massacre historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Fannin County
Atrocities--Georgia
Atrocities--Tennessee - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fannin County, McCaysville, 34.98619, -84.37131
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Blue Ridge Drive just north of the Toccoa River, McCaysville
Text of marker: "The Madden Branch Massacre: Anti-Confederate activity in North Georgia. North of here on Madden Branch in Polk County, Tennessee, on November 29, 1864, during the American Civil War, six Georgians trying to enlist in the U.S. Army - Thomas Bell, Harvey Brewster, James T. Hughes, James B. Nelson, Elijah Robinson, Peter Parris, and Wyatt J. Parton - were executed by the notorious Confederate guerilla John P. Gatewood, "the long-haired, red-bearded beast from Georgia." The Madden Branch Massacre was one of several atrocities that occurred as the mountain counties divided into pro and anti-Confederate factions. Many Georgians resented the Confederacy's strong central government measures such as conscription, impressment, and taxation and resisted by enlisting in the 5th Tennessee Mounted Infantry (U.S.), the 1st Georgia State Troops Volunteers (U.S.), or forming their own guerilla units. 2011.11 Erected for the Civil War 150 Commemoration by the Georgia Historical Society and the Georgia Department of Economic Development 55-1" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_the-madden-branch-massacre
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_the-madden-branch-massacre
- 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:
-
