Madison, the headquarters of the County of Morgan, is a small town with less than 4 000 inhabitants located on Georgia's Antebellum Trail. Founded in 1809, it was the seat of a large cotton industry and also housed several renowned educational institutions, such as Madison Collegiate Institute (founded in 1849, and later became Georgia Female College) and Madison Female College (1850).Known as "the city Sherman didn't want to burn" during his terrible march to the sea (Sherman's March to the Sea) of 1864, Madison owes his salvation to the intervention of Senator Joshua Hill, living in the city but pro-unionist convinced. Indeed, at the beginning of the march, Joshua Hill who knew the brother of Sherman, also senator, asked him to intercede in his favor with the general. What was done. But, although the promise was given by Sherman, Hill had to go with a delegation from the city to the northerners troops (commanded by General Slocum) when they walked around the city, plunder and put everything on their way. If Madison were spared, the cotton deposits and the railway station were destroyed. Later, General Sherman gave several property stolen by his soldiers, including a silver platter belonging to the Presbyterian church. Madison today offers visitors a beautiful vision of the South with its Antebellum style homes. If some beautiful houses are visible on Main Street, which runs through the end of the city, the essentials are in Old Post Road and Academy Street, two Streets that are parallel to it.

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