The Jefferson County courthouse in Louisville was built in 1904 in the neoclassical revival style by architect W. F. Denny. Courtesy of Don Bowman The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder.

John B. Gordon rose to prominence during the Civil War, entering as a captain and emerging as a major general. He later served as a U.S. senator and as the governor of Georgia. Photograph by Wikimedia The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder.

During the 1950s, Clermont Lee designed gardens for several of Savannah's most prominent historic homes, including the Andrew Low House, the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, and the Green-Meldrim mansion. This aerial view of the Juliette Low garden was taken around 1956. Courtesy of Juliette Low Birthplace The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

A number of significant historical events have occurred in Georgia during the month of June. 1750-1799 1781 Major military engagements this month include the seizure of Augusta from the British on June 5 by Elijah Clarke and others during the Revolutionary War (1775-83). 1850-1899 1863 In  June 1863, during the Union blockade and coastal occupation of the Civil War (1861-65), Confederate flag officer Josiah Tattnall lost the ironclad Atlanta while attempting to break the blockade.

Across Georgia, the period from 1895 to 1920 was an era of expansion and growth. In Atlanta, for instance, the “New South” center was transforming itself from a Victorian town that aspired to become the “Gate City” and leading metropolis of the region to a burgeoning metropolitan area whose downtown was connected by streetcar and then automobile to emerging suburbs and neighborhood commercial districts well beyond the limits of the nineteenth-century city.