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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1048_the-history-of-the-city-of-sandy-springs-georgia_Sandy-Springs-GA.html
Sandy Springs, Georgia, the unincorporated community just north of Atlanta, began a 30-year campaign for incorporation when the City of Atlanta tried to annex the area in the 1970s. The Committee for Sandy Springs formed in 1975 to incorporate San…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYPB_sandy-springs-united-methodist-church-historic-cemetery_Sandy-Springs-GA.html
Formerly Sandy Springs Methodist Episcopal Church South Founded 1848
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQBK_mcphersons-troops-march-to-decatur_Sandy-Springs-GA.html
July 17, 1864. The three Federal armies, commanded by Gen. W. T. Sherman, having crossed the Chattahoochee River at Soap Creek, at Power's & Pace's ferries, & at Shallow Ford near Roswell, began the moved toward Atlanta on a wide front, designed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF6N_23d-a-c-to-decatur_Sandy-Springs-GA.html
July 17, 1864. Schofield's 23d A.C. left its river positions near Isom's ferry on a march designed to gain the N.E. sector of the final approach to Atlanta by Federal forces. Cox's (3d) div continued to Sandy Springs on this road where a rt. t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBOU_howards-march-to-buckhead_Sandy-Springs-GA.html
July 18, 1864. Howard's 4th A.C. left Crossroads Ch 4:30 A.M., Newton's div leading, followed by Stanley's & Wood's. Just below Mt. Paran Rd. Newton's column was assailed by Williams' Kentucky Brigade of Wheeler's cav., which opposed the Federals …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAPX_hascalls-div-joins-coxs-line-of-march_Sandy-Springs-GA.html
July 17, 1864. Gen. J. D. Cox's 23d A.C. [US], enroute from Isom's Ferry via Mt. Vernon Rd., turned S.E. at Sandy Springs & followed a rural trail (now Johnson's Ferry and Chamblee roads) to & beyond Nancy's Creek in DeKalb Co. Cox's div. was sche…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6YH_gen-j-d-coxs-div-to-old-cross-keys_Sandy-Springs-GA.html
Maj. Gen. J. M. Schofield`s 23d A.C. (US) having crossed the Chattahoochee July 8, 1864, remained near Isom`s Ferry until the 17th. On that day the corps moved toward Sandy Springs (on Mt. Vernon Rd.). Hascall`s div. turned S. (on Long Island Driv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6RR_to-sandy-springs-and-old-cross-keys_Sandy-Springs-GA.html
Schofield's 23rd A.C., the first of the Federal forces to cross the Chattahoochee River at Isom's Ferry on July 8, remained on this ridge from July 8 to 17, 1864. On the 17th the corps began its march to make contact with McPherson's Army of the T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM644_confederate-battery-position_Sandy-Springs-GA.html
This battery was one of several cavalry outposts maintained by Wheeler`s Cavalry (CS) to watch the ferries and fords along the Chattahoochee River in 1864. The battery position consisted of a single piece of light artillery protected by strong ear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM63W_the-sandy-springs_Sandy-Springs-GA.html
This community is named for the natural springs bubbling up through clear white sand in the meadow below. The Springs were a Cherokee and Creek Indian campsite which became the property of the orphans of John Medows of Henry County in the 1821 Lan…
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