Confederate Camp

Confederate Infantry Camp Stephens, named for Alexander H. Stephens, vice-president of Confederacy, stood about half a mile from here on McIntosh Road. Nearly all troops in the Confederate Army from Georgia were mobilized here and at Cavalry Camp Milner, located at the present Griffin Municipal Park. Spalding County provided nine companies of infantry, cavalry, and artillery to the Confederate Army and a number of militia companies that served locally. The Spalding Grays, Company D, 2nd Battalion of Infantry, was the first to join the Southern forces.

Experiment, Georgia · United States