Remembering Milledgeville: Historic Tales from Georgia's Antebellum Capital

Milledgeville resident and local historian Hugh Harrington leads visitors and locals alike through the fascinating and often bizarre stories of this quintessential Southern town. Whether it is the battle for a bridge, the loss of life and limb by cannon fire or the efforts of the community to fight a fire and save the old statehouse, readers will delight in this journey through the town s important and often colorful past.

Harrington s Round and About column has appeared in the Baldwin Bulletin over one hundred times. His work has appeared in Georgia Backroads, Georgia Historical Quarterly, America s Civil War, Muzzle Blasts and other magazines. He is also the author of Civil War Milledgeville: Tales from the Confederate Capital of Georgia and More Milledgeville Memories. He lives with his wife in Milledgeville, Georgia."