CIVIL WAR ARTICLES
Learn more about the history of the Civil War in Dalton and throughout Northwest Georgia! The articles featured here were originally written by local historians of the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society.
Prominent People
- Captain Edward White – Marvin Sowder
- Ainsworth Emery Blunt – Joanne Lewis
- General Duff Green – Anita Thornton
- The Legend of Charles Prater – Judson Manly, Jr.
- Joseph John Martin and the Tilton Armory – Marvin Sowder
- Joseph Emerson Brown – Dr. John Fowler
- John Brown and The Rest of the Story – Robert Jenkins
- Varina Howell Davis, First Lady of the Confederacy – Kathryn Sellers
- William P. Chester, Confederate Postmaster, Dalton, GA. – Marvin Sowder
- The Reverend Clisby Austin Sr. of Tunnel Hill, Georgia – Marvin Sowder
- General Joseph E. Johnston: A Tribute Part One – Dr. Elizabeth Hoole McArthur
- General Joseph E. Johnston: A Tribute Part Two – Dr. Elizabeth Hoole McArthur
- A Brigadier General from North Georgia – Dr. Elizabeth Hoole McArthur
- C.B. Wellborn, Mayor of Dalton – Marvin Sowder
- Captain James Morris & The W&A Hotel – Marvin Sowder
- Carl Franz August Rauchenburg – Kurt Graham
Prominent Places
- Establishment of Dalton – Marvin Sowder
- Dalton and the Statue of Civil War General Joseph E. Johnston – Robert Jenkins
- The Western & Atlantic Railroad – Robert Jenkins
- Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel – Steve Hall
- The East Tennessee & Georgia Railroad – Robert Jenkins
- Varnell – Marvin Sowder
- Prater’s Mill – Judson Manly, Jr
Pre-War
- Georgia Cherokees – Robert Jenkins
- The Dalton Academy – Marvin Sowder
- Year 1860, Place: Dalton, GA. – Marvin Sowder
- 1860’s Banking in Dalton – Marvin Sowder
- Presidential Campaign of 1860: The Democrats – Jim Burran
- Presidential Campaign of 1860: The Southern Democrats – Jim Burran
- Presidential Campaign of 1860: The Constitutional Unionists – Jim Burran
- Presidential Campaign of 1860: The Republicans – Jim Burran
- The Election of 1860 – Dr. John Fowler
- The Secession Crisis – Jim Burran
- “Sir, Tell Them We Are Rising” – Dr. Elizabeth Hoole McArthur, Robert Jenkins
1861 – January to March
- Creation of The Confederate States of America – Jim Burran
- Georgie Secedes from the Union – Jim Burran and Marvin Sowder
- Georgians in Confederate Service: Alexander Stephens – Jim Burran
- Georgians in Confederate Service: Benjamin Hill and Robert Toombs – Jim Burran
- Georgians in Confederate Service: The Generals – Jim Burran
- The Anaconda Plan – John Hutcheson
1861 – April to June
- The Upper South Secedes – Jim Burran
- Fort Sumter – Robert Jenkins
- Uncle Dan Carey – Robert Jenkins
- The Upper South Secedes – Jim Burran
- Turmoil in the Border States – Jim Burran
- The Dalton Guards – Marvin Sowder
- Roster of Company B , Phillips Legion,The Dalton Guards
- First Soldiers in Dalton, 1861 – Marvin Sowder
1861 – July to September
- First Manassas, The Battle to End the War – Robert Jenkins
1862 – January to March
- Confederate Hospitals in Dalton – Marvin Sowder
1862 – April to June
- Moving the Confederate Capitol: Wisdom or Folly? – John Hutcheson
- A Rich Man’s War and a Poor Man’s Fight – Robert Jenkins
- Bragg’s Army Comes Through Dalton – Jim Burran
1862 – July to September
- The Emancipation Proclamation – Jim Burran
1864 – January to March
- The Construction of Confederate Defenses on Rocky Face Ridge and Mount Rachel – Kevin McAuliff
- Cleburne’s Proposal to Arm the Slaves – Robert Jenkins
Cleburne’s Letter
1865 – April to June
- Desperate Spring – John Hutcheson
Post War
- Removal of the Fallen from Chickamauga and North Georgia – Martin Sowder
- Mary Green and the First Confederate Cemetery in Georgia – Martha Locke
- Creation of The Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park – Jim Burran