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Home of Joshua Hill, a Whig-turned-Unionist who opposed secession and resigned from Congress rather than follow Georgia out of the Union; his postwar standing and reported appeal to Sherman's officers are credited with helping spare Madison from burning.
Joshua Hill Home is a historical marker in Madison, Morgan County, erected in 1963. It is one of 42 historical markers documented in Morgan County, among 112 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.5914, -83.4725 near Madison. The nearest cataloged historic site is Advanced Education Center (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Town Commons, The Stoneman Raid, and The March to the Sea.
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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