Bessie Alexander Ficklen
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Bessie Alexander Ficklen was an American poet and artist. Her essay on "Dream Poetry", appeared in one of the leading magazines of the 19th-century and attracted much attention. She wrote more for ple
Photo in A Woman of the Century
Edward Porter Alexander
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Edward Porter Alexander was an American military engineer, railroad executive, planter, and author. He served first as an officer in the United States Army and later, during the American Civil War, in
Bessie Alexander Ficklen
…to the United States in Colonial days. He settled in Georgia and served as a surgeon in the American Revolutionary War. Ficklen's father, General Edward Porter Alexander, was educated at West Point, and, after completing the course of study there, entered the United States Army Corps of Engineers. On the breaking out…
Photo taken in 1866
This monument on Seminary Ridge marks the location of Alexander's artillery.
Edward Porter Alexander in the 1900s
Plaque honoring Alexander and Charles Cevor at the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame