Capture of 23 Old Men in 1864

Recalls how Federal troops surrounded Ebenezer Church one night in August 1864, firing on and capturing the aged men who were the county's last defenders, then shipping them off to Northern prisons.

Capture of 23 Old Men in 1864 is a historical marker in Ardick, Mcintosh County, erected in 1957. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Mcintosh County, among 89 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.4924, -81.4448 near Ardick. The nearest cataloged historic site is Capture of 26 Men in 1864 (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ebenezer Cemetery, Old Meeting House, and Ardoch.

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