Georgia (state)

For other places and people named Georgia, see Georgia (disambiguation)

Georgia is a state in the Southern United States. It is bordered by North Carolina and Tennessee to the north, South Carolina to the east and northeast, Florida to the south, Alabama to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Its capital and largest city is Atlanta.

It was established in 1732, making it the last of the Thirteen Colonies. It revolted against British rule in the American Revolution and was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, which it did on January 2, 1788.

It seceded from the Union on January 21, 1861 and was one of the original seven Confederate States.

Georgia in The Disunited States of America

Georgia was one of the many nation-states that emerged in North America after the United States fell apart in the early 19th century. Ted Snodgrass had some 1920 Georgia shillings in his coin collection.

Georgia in The Guns of the South

Georgia seceded from the Union during the Second American Revolution and joined the Confederacy. By 1864, with Union forces in control of Tennessee to the north, a Union invasion of Georgia was inevitable. Indeed, General William Sherman was intending to take his army all the way through Georgia on a march to the sea. This goal fell apart when they encountered the Army of the Tennessee, armed now with AK-47s. In engagements at Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, and Snake Creep Gap, the Union forces were decimated time and time again. Startled, Sherman ordered all Federal troops back into Tennessee, no longer having the manpower necessary to invade the state.

During the 1867 presidential election, it was one of six states that Confederate Party candidate Robert E. Lee carried in his election to the presidency. The state had 12 electoral votes during the election.

Georgia in Southern Victory

In late 1943, following the fall of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States forces entered Georgia for the first time since Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861.

Georgia in The Two Georges

In the aftermath of the Seven Years' War, Georgia was one of a number of colonies that chafed under unrepresentative direct British rule. However, a new arrangement was peacefully negotiated forming the North American Union. Thus, Georgia was one of the oldest Provinces of the NAU.

Literary comment

In addition to OTL Georgia, the province includes most of Alabama.

See Also

• Peachtree Province, a province in the Kingdom of Detina in The War Between the Provinces series that is based on the state of Georgia.