History

Georgia, except for the Sea Islands, did not become a battleground until late in the War, but Georgia was heavily involved in the war effort. More than 100,000 Georgians fought in the Confederate army and many leaders called Georgia home including: Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy; Robert Toombs, Secretary of State for the Confederacy and a General; and James Longstreet, second in command to Robert E. Lee. During the first three years of the War, Georgia contributed transportation, war materials and food. The plantations and factories sent timber, cotton, corn, hogs, uniforms and munitions for the army and navy and the extensive network of railroads delivered them throughout the South. 

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Civil War Timeline:

1861: Georgia seceded from the Union, seized military installations, and joined the Confederacy.

1862: Raids along the Georgia coast and The Great Locomotive Chase.

1863: September 1863, war came to Georgia with the Battle of Chickamauga, an Indian word for “River of Death”.

1864: Sherman began the Atlanta Campaign in the spring and Atlanta surrendered on September 2. In November Sherman began the “March to the Sea” arriving in Savannah on December 22.

The end of the War came with a series of surrenders. In April 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia. President Jefferson Davis hoping to continue the War, fled across Georgia, but was captured near Irwinville on May 10, 1865.