- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Griswoldville
- Creator:
- Bragg, William Harris
- Date of Original:
- 2007-10-05
- Subject:
- Cities and towns--Georgia
Extinct cities--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Jones County, Griswoldville, 32.87069, -83.48879
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Griswoldville, Georgia. Griswoldville, an industrial village on the Central of Georgia Railway in Jones County, produced cotton gins during the antebellum period and Confederate revolvers during the Civil War (1861-65). The village was destroyed during Union general William T. Sherman's march to the sea, and the only major infantry battle of that campaign was fought near its ruins.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/griswoldville/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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