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Fort Tyler - Battle of West Point

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Battle of West Point. Battle of West Point. The Battle of West Point. Wilson moves Across Alabama. Assembling at Fort Tyler. Union Gen. James Wilson lead his 13,000 man Cavalry Corps southward through Alabama in an effort to destroy any remaining industrial capability of the Confederacy. Upon defeating Confederate forces in Selma, he headed east toward the mills and armories in Columbus, Georgia. His goal was to move quickly through Georgia and into the Carolinas. Assembling at the Fort.

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Fort Tyler - Events Leading to the Battle of West Point

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Battle of West Point. Battle of West Point. Events Leading Up to the Battle. LaGrange and Wilson split up. The plight of the war had left the south depleted of resources and men. The Federals were sweeping down upon town after town winning small victories along the way. Many towns surrendered without the first shot being fired. The surrender of all the regular Confederate forces, east of the Chattahoochee River, soon followed the renewal of hostilities; and on the 7. The Eagle's Nest lithograph. During t...

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Fort Tyler - About the Battle of West Point

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Battle of West Point. Battle of West Point. About Fort Tyler Association. This site is made possible by. Fort Tyler Association, Inc. A 501C-3 Charitable Foundation . Historic marker near entrance to fort. Click on sign to view enlarged version of this and other historic markers). For more information, please send your inquiry to this address. The purpose of the Fort Tyler Association is to inform local citizens about the history of this region through interpretive programs, exhibits, and cultural events.

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Fort Tyler - Key People in the Battle of West Point

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Battle of West Point. Battle of West Point. Union Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson had led his 13,000 Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of the Mississippi through Alabama. Since the bridges at West Point were of extreme importance to him to provide an alternate crossing in the event he would run into more trouble than he could handle in Columbus,. He dispatched Colonel Oscar H. LaGrange to West Point. He served as mayor of West Point from 1865 until 1871. He built the first textile mill in the area, l...

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Local Industry

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Battle of West Point. Battle of West Point. In March 1866, The Chattahoochee Manufacturing Company was chartered for textile manufacturing. The cornerstone of their new plant on the river at Langdale was laid August 1, 1866. On that same day, the cornerstone for The Alabama and Georgia Manufacturing Company plant located further downriver at Riverview was also laid. With foresight, resourcefulness, drive and determination, the people at our community had returned West Point and the surrounding area from ...

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Fort Tyler - Armament in the Battle of West Point

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Battle of West Point. Battle of West Point. The fort contained three artillery pieces: a 32-pound naval gun which was placed on the southeast corner of the fort, and two 12-pound Napoleon guns, one of which was placed on the southwest corner and another on the northwest corner. Created by Tony Peregoy of Chattahoochee Web Design.

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Railroad

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Battle of West Point. Battle of West Point. The railroad system was the primary purpose for the Union to concern themselves with West Point. In the following text, you will read how the width of the tracks east of West Point was different than the width of the tracks west of West Point. Products and people moving by railroad had to be offloaded at West Point and transferred onto a different train to continue their journey. The survey was made under the direction of Lt. Colonel Stephen Harriman Long, ...

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Table of Contents

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Battle of West Point. Battle of West Point. This site map lists all the pages in our web site. Some are only accessible from this page. Scroll down and select a page to go there directly. Battle of Fort Tyler. Fort Tyler - Before the Battle of West Point. Battle of Fort Tyler. Fort Tyler - Links from the Battle of West Point. West Point Before the Civil War 4. West Point Before the Civil War 2. West Point Before the Civil War 5. West Point Before the Civil War 3. Fort Tyler - Battle of West Point.

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Fort Tyler - Before the Battle of West Point

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Battle of West Point. Battle of West Point. West Point Before The Battle. The Tracks that never Met. Small towns in the Deep South have an appeal that time cannot erode. Past events surrounding such communities stir our collective imagination and popular interest seems to be renewed with every generation. Such is the feeling about West Point, a small town in midland Georgia. Northeast Georgia and the Carolinas they found a warm welcome and a deep satisfaction in their decision to settle here. There were ...