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Near here in October 1702, Creek warriors with a few Carolina traders ambushed a larger Spanish-Apalachee force at dawn in the 'Battle of the Blankets.' The rout halted Spain's push up the Flint and Chattahoochee and foreshadowed Queen Anne's War.
Battle of 1702 is a historical marker in Bainbridge, Decatur County, erected in 1953. It is one of 29 historical markers documented in Decatur County, among 86 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 30.9124, -84.5673 near Bainbridge. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Tonge Factory (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Battle of 1702, Oak City Cemetery, and Luther H. Conyers, Jr. Plaza.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Battle of 1702” names 2 distinct records in Decatur County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1953 in Bainbridge. The others:
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