Georgia: Civil War and Reconstruction (1840-1917)

Antebellum:
Antebellum Plantation at Stone Mountain
The Antebellum Plantation at Stone Mountain Park is a collection of original buildings from around the State of Georgia, built between 1783 and 1875. Each structure was moved from its original site and carefully restored to preserve its authenticity and historical value.

Westville in Lumpkin
Georgia’s 1850s Living History Museum

Agrirama Farms in 1870-1890s
Tifton, GA

Civil war:
The Civil War in Georgia
AH Stephens State Park in Crawfordville: Great collection of Confederate memorabilia not to mention the homes and the grounds.
Civil War battlefields
Cyclorama
Andersonville Cemetery

Between the Civil War and the World Wars:
Piedmont Park
George Washington Carver museum in Tuskeegee, AL;
FDR’s Little White House
FDR State Park: stay in the old historic CCC-built cottages.

Margaret Walker, Jubilee (1966), about the daughter of a house-slave in Georgia after the Civil War.

traveler’s rest – 1 jun 2013

traveler’s rest – 1 jun 2013