Recovery, Georgia

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Georgia, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} '''Recovery''' is an unincorporated community in Decatur County, Georgia, United States.<ref name="GNIS">{{GNIS|356487|name=Recovery}}</ref>

==History== The community's name originates from Camp Recovery, established during the First Seminole Indian Wars as a hospital base to which the sick soldiers from Fort Scott were sent to recover. Camp Recovery was occupied for only two months, but the suffering of the men there produced a lasting impact on the area. The story of the poor soldiers and their dying days at the camp is well known by local residents. A Federal Monument on the site marks the burial place of U.S. officers and soldiers who died during the hostilities in the Flint and Chattahoochee River Counties 1817–1821.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Dale |title=Camp Recovery Monument & Historic Site - Decatur County, Georgia |url=http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/camprecovery1.html |website=www.exploresouthernhistory.com |accessdate=7 September 2018}}</ref> A post office called Recovery was established in 1885, and remained in operation until 1948.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 January 2017}}</ref>

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http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/camprecovery1.html

Category:Unincorporated communities in Decatur County, Georgia Category:Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)