From this home Dr. James Mercer Green helped organize Macon's Civil War hospitals. When trainloads of wounded arrived from the front in 1862, he marshaled the city's women and buildings to care for the soldiers.
Historic Home of Dr. James Mercer Green
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Historic Home of Dr. James Mercer Green is a historical marker in Macon, Bibb County. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Bibb County, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.8376, -83.6336 near Macon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Green-Poe House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The First Baptist Church of Christ, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, and Temple Beth Israel.
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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