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Organized by LaGrange women in the Civil War's first weeks, this all-female militia drilled with rifles to guard a town stripped of its men. Named for Revolutionary heroine Nancy Hart, they peacefully surrendered the town to Union raiders in April 1865.
The Nancy Harts is a historical marker in LaGrange, Troup County, erected in 1957. It is one of 28 historical markers documented in Troup County, among 152 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.0402, -85.0309 near LaGrange. The nearest cataloged historic site is George Michael Troup (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Troup County Courthouse, Annex, and Jail, Troup County Courthouse, and <i>Gilbert du Motier</i> Marquis de LaFayette.
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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