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The General Who Stayed

Lachlan McIntosh fought the British, dueled a signer of the Declaration, survived Valley Forge — and came home to build the oldest brick house in Georgia. There is a particular kind of man who shows up in the founding era and seems to attract history the way iron attracts lightning. Lachlan McIntosh was one of those men. He organized Georgia's

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Published on Tuesday, May 12, 2026

The Colony That Almost Said No

How Georgia almost skipped the revolution, and why Savannah changed its mind. In the winter of 1775, while Massachusetts was already at war, Georgia was still deciding whose side it was on. That hesitation is easy to overlook from where we stand now, 250 years on, with the outcome already written. But stand for a moment on East Oglethorpe Avenue

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Published on Tuesday, April 7, 2026