Historical Marker

Spalding Grays

U. S. 19 at the National Guard Armory near the airport, Griffin · Griffin · Spalding

Georgia marker

Inscription

SPALDING GRAYS. The Spalding Grays, as Co. D. 2nd Batt. Inf., was the first military unit from Spalding County to be mustered in to the Confederate Army. It was followed by 8 regular and several militia companies. The Spalding Grays have continued through the years as a unit of the Ga. Nat. Guard, serving in war and peace, military and civil emergencies.

Today it is Co. C, 48th Reconnaissance Batt., 48th Armored Div., Ga. Nat. Guard, whose headquarters are in this modern armory, completed in 1956. The only earlier military company from the county was the Fannin Avengers which served in the Mexican War and has long since passed from existence. 126-7 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956

Location

AddressU. S. 19 at the National Guard Armory near the airport, Griffin
CityGriffin
CountySpalding
StateGeorgia
Coordinates33.246780, -84.264090

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