Many important and influential people have called Augusta home, but you may not know it was the boyhood home of a U.S.

A reader and friend, Zilphy DuRant of Florence, South Carolina mailed me a letter and clipping from The Post and Courier ...

Of the approximately 210,000 counted in Georgia during the 1860 census, an estimated 35,000 ... estimate Civil War death tolls at the county level, said John Robert Warren, director of the ...

Georgia. According to historian, Johnnie Warner who frequently studies the history of Black Americans, slaves were prepped for auctioning inside of the Stockades at the Muscogee County Jail in the ...

The Bulloch County Historical Society's March 2025 meeting featured a captivating presentation by Executive Director Virginia ...

Georgia and Florida. The McLeod property features a plantation house and a fully intact row of five slave dwellings. (In 1860 there were 26 cabins where 74 slaves lived). James Island, where the ...

Richmond County Sheriff Eugene ... Benning, a justice on the Georgia Supreme Court who vocally supported secession after Abraham Lincoln won the presidency in 1860. Benning joined the Confederate ...

According to the 1860 U.S. census, Pierce reported, Georgetown County had 18,253 slaves ... Century Historians at Augusta University in Georgia in November 2024. They also have or will present ...

Some of the highlights are the Nassau County Courthouse, the 1860 Lesesne House, and the Palace Saloon ... Have an adventure at the Georgia Renaissance Festival! Here’s all you need to know about ...

A new bill pending before a Georgia Senate committee would try to force the state out of a multistate group that tries to ...

NAHUNTA, Ga. — Multiple fire departments from Ware and Brantley counties are working to get multiple wildfires under control along Highway 82. Nahunta Fire and Rescue said there are “several ...