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This is a list of wars involving Georgia and its predecessor states. The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend: The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
This is a list of the battles in the history of the country of Georgia. The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of the battles following this legend: Georgian victory
List of wars involving Georgia may refer to: List of wars involving Georgia (country) List of wars involving Georgia (U.S. state) This page was last edited on 30 ...
For background with respect to the region's Native Americans, see the Yamasee War (1715–1717) and Cherokee–American wars (1776–1795). Gordon Smith states, "'ante-bellum' Georgia was in an almost constant swirl of 'war or rumors of war'" due to the presence of Tories, Indians, bandits, privateers, and border disputes with France and Spain.
Member of Georgia secession convention. Confederate judge, resigned August 1861. Served with Robert E. Lee in West Virginia. Resigned, became major general of Georgia state troops; without a command after division taken into CSA under Conscript Act. Recommissioned CSA brigadier general, September 21, 1863. Captured at Nashville. Jackson, John K.
From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress Private R. Cecil Johnson of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment Sketch of a soldier of the 55th Georgia Infantry Regiment by war artist Alfred Waud Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia state seal belt buckle with musket. 1st (Regular) Infantry
To announce Georgia's formal intent to secede from the Union. Georgia's Ordinance of Secession was adopted at the Georgia Secession Convention of 1861. It was put to the vote on January 19, 1861; concluding at 2:00 p.m. ( the vote was 208 in favor of immediate secession with 89 opposed ).
Charles Rinaldo Floyd was born October 14, 1797, at "The Thickets" near Darien in McIntosh County, Georgia, to General John Floyd and Isabella Maria Hazzard. His grandfather, Captain Charles Floyd, served in the American Revolutionary War. [1] His father, General John Floyd, served during the War of 1812 and the Creek Indian War. [2]