Macon
['meikən]
Definition
(noun.) fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry.
(noun.) a city in central Georgia to the southeast of Atlanta.
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Examples
- On the 21st he had detached Colonel Hatch with one regiment to destroy the railroad between Columbus and Macon and then return to La Grange. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Kilpatrick started on the night of the 18th of August to reach the Macon road about Jonesboro. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Bayous Baxter and Macon are narrow and tortuous, and the banks are covered with dense forests overhanging the channel. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He spoke at Palmetto on the 20th of September, and at Macon on the 22d. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Macon surrendered on the 21st of April. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Bayou Baxter, as it reaches lower land, begins to spread out and disappears entirely in a cypress swamp before it reaches the Macon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You could then move as proposed in your telegram, so as to threaten Macon and Augusta equally. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In the latter part of July Sherman sent Stoneman to destroy the railroads to the south, about Macon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At the same time also the work was begun in Tennessee and Kentucky which Mr. Davis had assured his hearers at Palmetto and Macon would take place. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is six miles long and has its outlet through Bayou Baxter, Bayou Macon, and the Tensas, Washita and Red Rivers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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