Historical Marker

Macon Defensive Fortifications

Macon · Bibb County · Erected 2011

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The Story

Confederate forces, using enslaved labor, ringed Macon with trenches and earthwork forts. These defenses held when Stoneman's Union cavalry struck East Macon at the Battle of Dunlap Hill in July 1864; some earthworks survive today.

About this site

Macon Defensive Fortifications is a historical marker in Macon, Bibb County, erected in 2011. 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 32.8517, -83.6364 near Macon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Riverside Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include General Edward Dorr Tracy, Jr., Oak Ridge Cemetery, and Oak Ridge Cemetery.

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

📍 32.8517, -83.6364 · Macon, Bibb County

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