Recovery is an unincorporated communityinDecatur County, Georgia, United States.[1]
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.[2]Apost office called Recovery was established in 1885, and remained in operation until 1948.[3]
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30°45′24″N 84°44′15″W / 30.75667°N 84.73750°W / 30.75667; -84.73750
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