This square held Georgia's capitol while Milledgeville was the state capital, 1807 to 1868. Sherman's troops ransacked the statehouse here in 1864; the grounds later passed to what is now Georgia Military College.
Statehouse Square
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Statehouse Square is a historical marker in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, erected in 1960. 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 33.0798, -83.2266 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Milledgeville Hotel and Oliver Hardy (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include In Commemoration of Marquis De Lafayette, Georgia's Secession Convention, and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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