Civil War | Historic Site
Sweetwater Creek State Conservation Park
Georgia
1750 Mount Vernon Road
Lithia Springs, GA 30122
United States
The park features a variety of natural and cultural resources, including the ruins of the New Manchester Manufacturing Company, a Civil War-era textile mill. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's forces burned the mill and the surrounding town during their campaign for Atlanta in 1864. The factory's female workers were deported to the North.
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