Capitol of Georgia Site • 1865

As the Confederacy collapsed in 1865, Governor Joseph E. Brown reportedly conducted state business from his family farm in this region, giving Cordele's area a brief claim as a wartime seat of Georgia's government.

Capitol of Georgia Site • 1865 is a historical marker in Cordele, Crisp County, erected in 1952. It is one of 32 historical markers documented in Crisp County, among 69 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.9690, -83.7825 near Cordele. The nearest cataloged historic site is US Post Office--Cordele (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Georgia Southern & Florida Railway, Georgia & Albany Railway, and Savannah, Americus & Montgomery Railway.

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