The campaign that brought the Union and Confederate armies to Chickamauga began in late June 1863, when the Union Army of the Cumberland under Major General William S. Rosecrans advanced southwestward from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, against the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by General Braxton Bragg.
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The headquarters of the Georgia Farm Bureau, a state-level affiliate of the American Farm Bureau, are located in Macon. The bureau developed in response to the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 and continues to promote the interests of farmers in the twenty-first century.
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Georgia Highlands College has acquired a reputation for keeping its facilities updated with the latest technologies. The college attracted attention in 1997 with the inauguration of its innovative Information Technology Program, which provides each student with a laptop computer upon enrollment.
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Boats At Rest—Beijing, China
Boats at Rest—Beijing, China by Judith Priddy-Orr is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. According to Priddy-Orr, "In Beihai Park in Beijing the people rent these rowboats to relax on the lake. I was intrigued by the repetition of patterns, colors, textures, shapes. After photographing them from other angles, I changed my view to show the rusty bottoms." Photograph, 13 1/2 x 20 inches
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The front page of the inaugural issue of the Great Speckled Bird, a countercultural newspaper published in Atlanta from March 1968 to October 1976, features a mock obituary for Atlanta Constitution editor Ralph McGill, lamenting his support for the use of nuclear weapons in Vietnam.
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