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When Union forces occupied Americus in 1865, the commanding colonel made his headquarters in a fine Greek Revival house built around 1855, once owned by Confederate general and former Georgia governor Howell Cobb. The house no longer stands.
Federal Headquarters is a historical marker in Americus, Sumter County, erected in 1961. It is one of 37 historical markers documented in Sumter County, among 91 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0656, -84.2300 near Americus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Calvary Episcopal Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Speaker Crisp, Rees Park, and Lustron House at 547 Oak Avenue.
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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