Empire State of the South

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Empire State of the South - a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil WarGeorgia, Peach State, GAKennesaw Mountain - battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston JohnstonU.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon lineDeep South - the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slaveryAlbany - a town in southwest Georgia; processing center for peanuts and pecansAtlanta, capital of Georgia - state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil WarAthens - a university town in northeast GeorgiaAugusta - a city in eastern Georgia north-northwest of Savannah; noted for golf tournamentsMacon - a city in central Georgia to the southeast of AtlantaOxford - a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William FaulknerSavannah - a port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah riverValdosta - a town in southern Georgia near the Florida borderVidalia - a town in central Georgia; the origin of Vidalia onionsChattahoochee, Chattahoochee River - a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola RiverCoosa, Coosa River - river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through eastern Alabama to join the Tallapoosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama RiverFlint River, Flint - a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola RiverOkefenokee Swamp - a large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast GeorgiaTallapoosa, Tallapoosa River - river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River