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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQR_morrow-georgia_Morrow-GA.html
Morrow Station was established as a depot on the Macon & Western R. R. when it was put into operation in 1846. A post office was opened here in 1871, and the City of Morrow was incorporated in 1943.
The birthplace and childhood home of Capt. Wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOLO_the-march-to-the-sea_Jonesboro-GA.html
On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah — the March to the Sea. He divided his army [US] into two wings. The Left Win…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOKE_stagecoach-road_Ellenwood-GA.html
This road is one of the oldest in North Georgia. In the Indian days it connected Hightower Trail to the Etowah Mounds and Cherokee country with trails to Coweta Falls (Columbus), the Chief McIntosh home on the Chattahoochee River and the Creek Ind…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOKB_hardees-corps-at-jonesboro_Jonesboro-GA.html
Sept. 1, 1864. The withdrawal of S. D. Lee's A. C. toward Atlanta left Hardee facing the same Federal forces of the preceding day. To meet an attack on his rt., he shifted Cleburne's & Carter's divs. [CS] to an extended line forming a salient angl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOK1_march-and-counter-march_Rex-GA.html
Sept. 1, 1864. Gen. S. D. Lee's A. C., withdrawn from Jonesboro after the battle Aug. 31, camped in this vicinity enroute northward via the McDonough Rd., to aid Stewart's A. C. [CS] in Atlanta if attacked by Federals at East Point. Learning of Ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOJL_thames-house_Atlanta-GA.html
Res. of Wm. Thames (1796-1892) pioneer citizen of Clayton, formerly Henry, County; veteran of the War of 1812; owner of a saw & grist mill on Flint River; pastor of Tanner's Church.
Aug. 31, 1864. Troops of the Federal 23rd & 4th A. C., marchi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCG9_clayton-county_Stockbridge-GA.html
Clayton County was created by Act of Nov. 30, 1858 from Fayette and Henry Counties. It was named for Augustine Smith Clayton, born at Fredericksburg, Va., Nov. 27, 1783, who moved to Georgia before 1800. A graduate of the U. of Ga., he was a lawye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCEW_14th-a-c-at-shoal-creek-church_Atlanta-GA.html
Aug. 29, 1864. The 10th Mich. reg't, in advance of Davis' 14th A. C. [US], en route from Red Oak to Jonesboro, encountered Armstrong's & Martin's cav. [CS] posted at the church, where a spirited delaying action forced the 10th to withdraw.
Aug.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCEI_site-shoal-cr-church_Atlanta-GA.html
This pioneer sanctuary stood some 200 ft. W., atop the hill. Long since vanished, its site is indicated by the HUTCHESON CEMETERY.
It was cited as a landmark on maps of military operations by Federal armies moving E. toward the Macon & Western …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCCS_site-marcus-long-house_Atlanta-GA.html
Near here stood the antebellum, one-story farm house of Marcus Long, a Confederate soldier who fell on a Virginia battlefield.
The house, cited several times in Official Records, was a prominent landmark in movements of the Federal 4th and 23rd…