Historical Marker

Provost Guard Campsite

Milledgeville · Baldwin County · Erected 1956

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The Story

Union provost troops, the 3rd Wisconsin and 107th New York, camped on this square in November 1864, policing occupied Milledgeville. They torched the arsenal, blew up the powder magazine, and ransacked the statehouse and state library.

About this site

Provost Guard Campsite is a historical marker in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, erected in 1956. It is one of 49 historical markers documented in Baldwin County, among 113 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.0801, -83.2249 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is State House Square (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Georgia's Secession Convention, Troup-Clark Political Feud, and Milledgeville Confederate Monument.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.0801, -83.2249 · Milledgeville, Baldwin County

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