Short answers, pulled from the story.
President Thomas Jefferson directed the construction of Fort Benjamin Hawkins in 1809 on Creek lands along the Ocmulgee River. The fort served as a trading post and command headquarters for U.S. forces in the Southeast territory south of the Ohio River.
Union forces took Macon during Wilson's Raid on the 20th of April 1865, marking what some historians call The Last Battle of the Civil War. During this period, Macon became the official arsenal of the Confederacy while Camp Oglethorpe operated as a prison for captured Union officers.
Two notable train companies operating through the city included the Central of Georgia Railway and the Southern Railway with Terminal Station serving as a central rail hub until 1971. Passenger trains continued serving Terminal Station until 1971 when service ended after being designed by architect Alfred Fellheimer in 1916.
Capricorn Records was run by Macon natives Phil Walden and briefly Alan Walden starting in the late 1960s and 1970s. The Allman Brothers Band established their home base here using what is now called the Big House as both residence and recording studio during the early 1970s.
The merger between Macon and Bibb County became official on the 1st of January 2014 following voter approval in a 2012 referendum. Robert Reichert was elected the first mayor of the new consolidated government in September 2013 following a runoff election against C. Jack Ellis.