Charles Thiot, a splendid Georgia soldier, differed from most of his comrades in the ranks in that he was the owner of a large plantation, well-educated, and nearly fifty years of age.

A Michigan soldier stationed in Georgia wrote in 1864::

* Will Benteen: " South Georgia Cracker ," Confederate soldier and patient listener to the troubles of all.

This first statement of the previously uncodified rules and articles of war led to the first prosecution for war crimes — in the case of United States prisoners of war held in cruel and depraved conditions at Andersonville, Georgia, in which the Confederate commandant of that camp was tried and hanged, the only Confederate soldier to be punished by death in the aftermath of the entire Civil War.

* 1865 – Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming the only American Civil War soldier executed for war crimes.

* November 10 – Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming the only American Civil War soldier to be executed for war crimes.

The county was named for Logan Edwin Bleckley, a soldier and Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

Before the establishment of the Chickamauga Post in 1902 by United States Army, an unincorporated city existed, where Fort Oglethorpe was later established, called Hargrave, Georgia after the name of the land owner and ex-Confederate soldier, William Hamilton Hargrave.

The city of Butler, Georgia was named for General William Orlando Butler, a distinguished soldier of the Mexican – American War and a candidate for Vice President on the ticket with General Lewis Cass of Michigan.

The earliest known depictions of the motif are from tenth-or eleventh-century Cappadocia and eleventh-century Georgia ; previously, in the iconography of Eastern Orthodoxy, George had been depicted as a soldier since at least the seventh century.

Rodger Wilton Young, an Army soldier who was originally a Sergeant, and had requested a demotion to the rank of Private due to his deteriorating sight and hearing, destroyed a machine gun nest in combat on New Georgia, allowing his comrades to reach safety.

Archibald Bulloch ( c. 1730 – February 22, 1777 ) was a lawyer, soldier, and statesman from Georgia during the American Revolution.

James Henderson Blount ( September 12, 1837 – March 8, 1903 ) was an American statesman, soldier and congressman from Georgia.

Joseph Habersham ( July 28, 1751 – November 17, 1815 ) was an American businessman, Georgia politician, soldier in the Continental Army, and Postmaster General of the United States.

* James Jackson ( politician ) ( 1757 – 1806 ), Revolutionary War soldier, Georgia Congressman, Senator and Governor

According to the tradition of the Georgian Orthodox Church, the chiton was acquired by a Jewish Rabbi from Georgia named Elioz ( Elias ), who was present in Jerusalem at the time of the crucifixion and bought the robe from a soldier.

* William Barnett ( Georgia politician ), American politician and soldier

* Thomas Glascock, a soldier in the War of 1812 and U. S. representative from Georgia

For eleven years, he was a career soldier and rose from the rank of captain to colonel after taking the Infantry Officers Advanced Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, USA.

* William Cumming ( colonel ) ( 1788 – 1863 ), American soldier and planter from Augusta, Georgia

John Habersham ( December 23, 1754 – December 17, 1799 ) was an American merchant, planter, and soldier from Georgia.

" Jingle Bells " was composed by his son James Lord Pierpont, who lived in Savannah, Georgia, and who was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War, composing songs for the Confederate States of America, including " Our Battle Flag ", " Strike for the South ", and " We Conquer or Die ".

* Ringgold, Georgia, named after the soldier Samuel Ringgold

He was a soldier in the army of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, and then, after Georgia returned to the United States, he served in the Georgia State House of Representatives from 1871 to 1886, for much of that time as House speaker.

In 1806, Eugène married Princess Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia of Bavaria ( 1788 – 1851 ), eldest daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, and his royal father-in-law made him Duke of Leuchtenberg and gave him the administration of the Principality of Eichstätt on 14 November 1817.

Nevertheless, on February 12, 1825, McIntosh and other chiefs signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which gave up most of the remaining Creek lands in Georgia.

Another major alteration is the ending, in which the now-wealthy Tramp originally gave Georgia a lingering kiss on board ship ; the sound version ends before this scene.

The Treaty of Indian Springs ( 1821 ) between the United States and the Creek Indians gave the government the land that extended from the Ocmulgee River to the Flint River through middle Georgia.

" The Congress approved the appointment, gave Greene command over all troops from Delaware to Georgia with extraordinarily full powers, " subject to the control of the Commander-in-Chief "; effectively becoming the second-in-command of the entire Continental Army.

They played “ Sweet Georgia Brown ” or something and he gave Charlie Parker a saxophone lesson.

A February 2009 study completed in collaboration between the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government and Georgia State University's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies gave a positive analysis of the financial viability of the proposed Milton County.

During the 1996 Olympics, the residents of Atlanta, Georgia gave a rousing applause to the Eurasian state of Georgia during the opening ceremony.

On March 21, 1861, Stephens gave his famous Cornerstone Speech in Savannah, Georgia.

Long-time Georgia radio announcer Larry Munson's legendary call of the play ( which still gives old fans of both schools the shivers, though for opposite reasons ) gave the game its name:

In twelve seasons as the Gators ' head coach, Steve Spurrier had led them to an 11 – 1 record against the Bulldogs, so his departure to the NFL following the 2001 season gave Georgia fans reason to cheer.

Most railroads used this name, but a number adopted different titles, including Confederation ( Canadian National ), Golden State ( Southern Pacific ), Niagara ( New York Central and NdeM ), Pocono ( DL & W ), Wyoming ( Lehigh Valley Railroad ), Dixie ( NC & StL ), Big Apple ( Central of Georgia Railway ), Greenbrier ( Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ), Western ( D & RGW ), Potomac ( Western Maryland Railway ) while the RF & P gave each of its three classes a separate title: General, Governor and Statesman.

( Georgia gave up the northern portion in 1802, and the Gulf Coast region was acquired from Spain.

He gave $ 1 million plus a land gift to Emory University, at that time a Methodist college, for the school to move from Oxford, Georgia, to Atlanta.

The acquisition gave Pep Boys an additional 85 service-and-tire centers in Georgia, Florida and Alabama, including concentrations around Atlanta and Orlando.

In April 2009, Tucker gave a brief man in the street-style interview at a Tea Party rally in Tifton, Georgia to a WALB NBC news crew ; during the interview, she voiced support for the Tea Party movement, and said she was " furious about the way we're being led towards socialism.

After Nixon's landslide re-election in 1972, the election of Jimmy Carter, a southern governor, gave Democrats a short-lived comeback in the South ( winning every state in the Old Confederacy except for Virginia, which was narrowly lost ) in 1976, but in his unsuccessful re-election bid in 1980, the only Southern state he won was his native state of Georgia.

To support the sales of album 19, Alsou gave successful performances in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Israel and Kazakhstan.

The Georgia Tech published a " Commencement Issue " that reviewed sporting events and gave information about each class.

In the years that followed, Immelt gave the commencement address at Northeastern University ( 2006 ), Pepperdine University on April 29, 2006, the Georgia Institute of Technology on May 5, 2007, the University of Notre Dame on May 20, 2007, Worcester Polytechnic Institute on May 17, 2008, and Michigan State University on December 11, 2010, receiving honorary doctorates from all six as well.

Though as it was winter they left Georgia and as the enemy was leaving on the way home they took Tbilisi and Rustavi and gave them to Phadlon ( Amira ).

Zhu gave up the chance to defend her world title in Georgia in May 2004 due to a jammed schedule and her pregnancy .< ref >

" It received five stars from about. com, who also gave the album a positive review, praising the songs, " Georgia Rain ," " Who Invented the Wheel ," and " Standing Out in a Crowd.