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Under your "etc." category, I offer the following for your trip - and they're all on your route.
A. Kennesaw Mountain - Marietta/NW Metro Atlanta.
B. The fabulous Claud Fuller Collection - Welcome Center/HQ Bldg, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.
C. Lookout Mountain - part of previous para B., "above" Chattanooga.
D. Stones River/Mufreesboro, TN
E. Franklin & Nashville.
Take your digital camera, with extra batteries.
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That claude Fuller collection is something else. has been some time since I have been there. don't recall anything in the double line but he has guns dating back to matchlocks, mostly military, with the newest thing there when i was present as I recall was a .30-40 Krag.
If you are into "War Between the States" several of the others listed are very interesting. the Battle of Chickamauga was of course a major battle in that war.
Near the Carter house in Franklin TN is a building which is said to have more bullet holes in it than any other building still standing in the US.
Miller/TN
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If you happen to go through Macon you might stop at the Cannonball House.
ExploreSouthernHistory.com - Cannonball House in Macon, Georgia
ExploreSouthernHistory.com - Cannonball House in Macon, Georgia
Cannonball House
The "Cannonball House" is a noted landmark in
Macon, Georgia. The beautiful old structure was
struck by artillery fire during the Battle of Dunlap Hill.
SRH
Copyright 2010 by Dale Cox
All rights reserved.
Cannonball House
A Union cannonball crashed
into the house during the
Battle of Dunlap Hill on July
30, 1864.
Cannon made in Macon
The bronze cannon on display
in front of the Cannonball
House was manufactured at
the Macon Arsenal in 1864.
Greek Revival Architecture
The Cannonball House is an
outstanding example of Greek
Revivial architecture and was
built in 1853.
Cannonball House & Confederate Museum - Macon, Georgia
Historic Home of Judge Asa Holt
Judge Asa Holt
The Cannonball House was
owned by Judge Asa Holt
during the War Between the
States and still bears scars of
the conflict.
The historic Cannonball House is beautiful
example of Greek Revival architecture that
overlooks Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia.
Now a Confederate museum, the structure
earned its name when it was damaged by
Union cannon fire during the Battle of Dunlap
Hill (sometimes called Dunlap's Farm) on
July 30, 1864. A cannonball fired from across
the Ocmulgee River struck the left middle
column of the house and then crashed into
the house, landing with a thud on the hall
floor.
The damage resulted from intentional firing
on Southern civilians by Northern troops led
by Brigadier General George Stoneman.
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Historical sites are always of interest. I just don't want to get caught up in all the grandeur and have to drive all night to make up lost time. I will read up on the Canonball House and see if I can make a quick stop. Architecture intrigues me as much as the history.
Ian, That list sounds like a whole n'other trip to make. I will put them on my list and see what happens.
I notice an ad in Shooting Sportsman magazine for Double Guns of Nashville. Anyone familiar with them?
Thanks,
John
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Don't know if anything around me but if ya love a good steak let me know when you are passing through Valdosta
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Don't know if anything around me but if ya love a good steak let me know when you are passing through Valdosta PM sent.
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I've always wanted to go to Simpson's. The only problem with visiting Simpson are the Illinois gun laws. They mandate a 24 hr waiting period, so you can't take the gun with you. If John buys a gun he'll have to pick it up on his way back, or have it shipped. Regards Ken
I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.
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I've always wanted to go to Simpson's. The only problem with visiting Simpson are the Illinois gun laws. They mandate a 24 hr waiting period, so you can't take the gun with you. If John buys a gun he'll have to pick it up on his way back, or have it shipped. Regards Ken True. Unless John holds an 01 FFL. :-)
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