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 January 19, 1861 - Georgia secedes from the Union.

October 1862 - The first Confederate troops arrive in Whitfield County.

1862-1863 - Benjamin Franklin Prater sells corn, hay, fodder, bacon, split
rails and planks to the Confederacy for $1,591.17 Confederate dollars.

1863 - Ben Prater, age 37, enlists as a third lieutenant with Company I,
First Regiment Georgia State Guards, also known as the Red Hill Home Guards.

February 23, 1864 - Union forces under Colonel Eli Long camp at Prater's
Mill with 350 mounted infantry, 250 Cavalry and 12 prisoners.

April 13, 1864 - Confederate General Joseph Wheeler's Calvary camped at
Prater's Mill.

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