The Confederacy and Old Jacksonville, Ga.

Download or read book The Confederacy and Old Jacksonville, Ga. written by Julian Anderson Williams and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old Jacksonville, Georgia, mirrored the frame of time called "The Confederacy"- The Civil War" - "The Reconstruction." Turn the pages of history as you see the great expectations, the desolate yearning without hope, but still the will to live and flourish. Taste the bitter fruit of another time - Margaret Mitchell's Mirror - hopefully, gone with the wind. Jacksonville, Ga. and Telfair County did not really want to secede from the Union. But the Southern states were in a mold of awkward isolationism and their policies would not endure of itself and pass muster of the Union. The nation was moving to ideals which would place the Union above the "sovereign rights" of the respective states. The issues of slavery, states' rights, nullification, divisive tariffs, adding states and territories, and other changes of the social, political and economic landscapes caused a great divide - a Civil War. Travel with old Jacksonville, Ga., as we learn how Andrew Jackson's duel could have changed the little town. See what unbelievable events transpired for Sgt. Major Luke Campbell of Jacksonville, Ga., and William & Mary College, his alma mater. Find out how Sgt. John McCrimmon of Jacksonville, Ga., killed the famous U.S. General Philip Kearny. Be there on Antietam Bridge as Lt. Farquhar McCrimmon and his soldiers killed some 700 Federal soldiers. Witness the explosion of a steamboat near Jacksonville. Learn how Gen. Breckinridge, CSA, and Gen. Beauregard wound up at Jacksonville, Ga. Read of two Jacksonville soldiers encountering President Lincoln but failing to kill him. Enjoy the "Confederate gold" tale about the Ocmulgee River wagon and its heavy cargo. Read about the "forgotten soldiers" who still fought bravely and died for their country.