Augusta, GA

AUGUSTA CITY, seat of justice of Richmond co., Ga., is situated on the west side of the Savannah river, 96 miles east-northeast of Milledgeville, and 125 from Savannah. The streets cross each other at right angles, and are lined with beautiful shade-trees, giving the city a fine appearance. The public and many of the private buildincs are costly and elegant. It is connected with Charleston, Savannah, and the interior of the states of Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, by railroads, and is a place of much commercial enterprise. Pop. in 1630 was 4,634; in 1840, 6,436; in 1850, ----. (Fannings, 1853) 

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Richmond County, GA
Date Type
Bell-Everett newspaper in Augusta, Georgia calls the Breckinridge-Lane candidacy the "Suicide Ticket" Campaigns/Elections
Georgia troops seize the federal arsenal at Augusta Battles/Soldiers
In Augusta, former Georgia congressman Andrew Stephens speaks at a rally for Stephen Douglas Campaigns/Elections
Secretary of War Holt dismisses General Twiggs from the U.S. Army for treachery Battles/Soldiers
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Name Type
Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, GA Location or Site
Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, GA Location or Site
Date Title
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Railroad Outrages,” February 23, 1859
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Medical Students,” December 26, 1859
New York Times, "The Administration and Disunion," November 7, 1860
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Reign of Terror in Georgia,” November 17, 1860
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Federal Troops in the South," November 20, 1860
Savannah (GA) News, “A Northern Invasion,” March 20, 1861
Brigadier General Davis Tillson to Major General Oliver O. Howard, Augusta, Georgia, April 7, 1866
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