2024 southeast swing – part 12: from a capitol building to a military college
When the Civil War was over, Georgia legislature decided to move the capitol 98 miles north from to Atlanta. One of the reasons for the move that we’ve heard and...
2024 southeast swing – part 13: Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion (the way it looked in 1851)
Apr 3, 2024
The Old Governor’s Mansion in Milledgeville was completed in 1839 and was used by the governors until the Civil War. What we’ll see in this post is what the mansion...
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