its' Confederate Connection
The Union
County Court House (the 3rd) was erected in 1899 in
Blairsville, Georgia. The cost was $12,000. and was paid
for by taxes in one year. It was built in the Romanesque
style, popular at the time. Bricks for the Court House were
made and fired locally. Several courthouses in Georgia were
built to the same plan with different embellishments. Our
courthouse is one of three that survive. The Court House
was erected under the leadership of of a Special Board of
Commissioners. The Court House was restored recently as a
museum and cultural center by the Union County Historical
Society.
All
of the Special Commissioners
were Confederate Veterans.
J.
W. Souther
Crawford's Company, Ben Ledford's Cavalry Regiment
James Allen Butt [senior]
Company E, 65th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
W.
W. Erwin
Company B, 6th
Georgia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment