History of the Macon Volunteers 1825-2025: Dedication of the Macon Volunteers Monument, April 23, 2025

By Maj. William Carraway

Historian, Georgia Army National Guard

On April 23, 2025, on the 200^th anniversary of the first muster of the Macon Volunteers, the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team held a dedication ceremony at its headquarters in Macon commemorating the Macon Volunteers’ two centuries of service. The culmination of more than three years of design and research effort, the monument incorporated panels reflecting the mobilizations of the Macon Volunteers from the Seminole War through the twenty-first-century deployments of the 48^th Brigade and 48^th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.