Bainbridge Army Air Field. IN AUGUST, 1942, ON THIS 2,053 ACRE TRACT, THE U.S. ARMY CONSTRUCTED A BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING FIELD. IT REMAINED OPEN UNTIL 1945. AT ITS PEAK 9600 OFFICERS, ENLISTED MEN, TRAINEES AND WACS WERE STATIONED HERE; THERE WERE 700 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, SEVERAL HUNDRED WW II GERMAN P.O.W.s WERE IMPRISONED HERE. IN 1951 SOUTHERN AIRWAYS SCHOOL, A PRIVATE COMPANY, CONTRACTED WITH THE U.S.A.F. TO TRAIN ITS PILOTS. THE BASE CLOSED IN 1961 AND BECAME AN INDUSTRIAL PARK. ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION AND THE DECATUR COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1980 J.J.JAXON CO. - EUFAULA, AL.
U.S. 27 at Bainbridge Industrial Park 4 miles north of Bainbridge, Bainbridge, GA, United States
The Bainbridge Volunteers. LATER THE BAINBRIDGE INDEPENDENTS ORGANIZED 1859, BY CAPTAIN CHARLES G. CAMPBELL, ASSEMBLED HERE IN MARCH 1861 AND ENTERED SERVICE UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN JOHN W. EVANS AS COMPANY G, 1st GEORGIA REGIMENT W.P.A. 1936 U.D.C.
Located in a park, Bainbridge, GA, United States
Battle of 1702. In this vicinity was fought the Flint Battle of 1702 between the English under Capt. Antonio with Creek allies from Achito (near Columbus) and the Spaniards under Capt. Francisco Romo Uriza with 800 Indians from Bacuqua (north of Tallahassee). In a battle at daybreak by a ruse the English defeated the Spaniards, illing or capturing 600. This battle was a prelude to Queen Anne's War and the first blow for control of the Mississippi valley by the English. It ended the advance of the Spaniards up the Chattahoochee and Flint valleys and France's ambitions in Alabama. 043-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953
Ga. 97 just south of Ga. 311 intersection, Bainbridge, GA, United States
Battle of 1702. In this vicinity was fought the Flint Battle of 1702 between the English under Capt. Antonio with Creek allies from Achito (near Columbus) and the Spaniards under Capt. Francisco Romo Uriza with 800 Indians from Bacuqua (north of Tallahassee). In a battle at daybreak the English defeated the Spaniards, killing or capturing 600. This battle was a prelude to Queen Anne's War and the first blow for control of the Mississippi valley by the English. It ended the advance of the Spaniards up the Chattahoochee and Flint valleys and France's ambitions in Alabama. ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSIONAND THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE 1985
Ga. 97N. just south of Ga. 311 intersection, Bainbridge, GA, United States
Camp Recovery. On the east side of Flint River, twenty-one miles southwest is the site of Camp Recovery, established during the First Seminole Indian War as a hospital base to which the sick soldiers from Fort Scott were sent to recover. A Federal Monument on the site marks the burial place of U.S. officers and soldiers who died during the hostilities in the Flint and Chattahoochee River Counties 1817-1821. [U.S. Works Progress Administration Marker]
Shotwell and South Broad Streets, Bainbridge, GA, United States
Camp Recovery. This medical camp was established on September 15, 1820 by the Southeastern Army of the United States headquartered at Fort Scott. It was used as a recuperation area for soldiers who had contracted malaria and dysentery in the swampy environs of the fort. Soldiers considered the fort to be the deadliest military assignment in the country because of numerous illnesses and deaths there. The camp was located on a high ridge three miles southeast of Fort Scott. A 34-pound cannon marks the site of the camp and nearby cemetery for the soldiers who perished here. ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION AND THE DECATUR COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1995
Booster Club Road and Recovery road, Bainbridge, GA, United States