Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general, was known for his successful cavalry raids throughout much of the Civil War. On April 2, 1865, he was unable to prevent Union general James Harrison Wilson from raiding Selma, Alabama, a critical production and supply center for the Confederacy. 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.

Soldiers from Fort Screven stand in formation during the 1902 reinterment of Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene in Savannah's Johnson Square. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6nmK2gkaOupriMoKmenZ6aenKDk2tkam9oa3yueZdscGxn

Oglethorpe County, in northeast Georgia, is the state’s seventeenth county and comprises 441 square miles. Creek and Cherokee Indians lived there when the first white people arrived, but they lost their land through treaties signed in 1773. Fur trappers and traders traversed the area before the first non-Indians established permanent settlements. A few trappers established a temporary community known as Kennedy’s Gate, but it was no longer extant by the time of the American Revolution (1775-83).

The main campus of Okefenokee Technical College is located in Waycross, the seat of Ware County. The school also operates a satellite campus in Bacon County. As of 2005 the college's most popular program was industrial mechanics and maintenance technology. Courtesy of Technical College System of Georgia 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.

Although various forms of Protestant Christianity may dominate the religious landscape of Georgia, an accurate picture of that religious landscape must include the vibrant and varied churches of Orthodoxy Christianity. Churches associated with Orthodoxy represent a continuation of early Eastern Christianity, in which the language, practices, and beliefs differ from those of other dominant forms of Christianity. To the adherents of Orthodox churches, orthodoxy means “right belief” as defined by the earliest scriptures and traditions of Christianity.