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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM61F_stanley-wood-march-to-durands-mill_Atlanta-GA.html
July 19, 1864. When it became apparent that a wide gap existed in Federal troop deployment along Peachtree Cr. Between Peachtree Rd. & this, the old Williams Mill Rd., two divs. of Howard's 4th A.C. were sent S.E. from Buckhead to this vicinity to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM617_wm-johnstons-mill_Atlanta-GA.html
About 0.3 mile upstream N. Fork Peachtree Cr., is the site of a mill owned by Wm. Johnston (1789-1855), -a landmark of Federal military operations in the Summer of 1864. Schofield's 23d A.C., having crossed the Chattahoochee River at Isom's Ferry …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM60Y_mary-gay-house_Decatur-GA.html
Author, poet, historian and Confederate heroine - Mary Ann Harris Gay (1828-1918) lived in this house from 1850 to 1914. She is best known for her Life in Dixie During the War which describes the Union Siege of Atlanta and the tribulations of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM60P_the-rainey-plantation_Chamblee-GA.html
July 18, 1864. The marching columns of the Army of the Tenn. (US), having diverged 5.5 mi. N.W., rejoined here when Dodge's 16th A.C. moved E. from Old Cross Keys to Rainey's. Blair's 17th A.C. moved 1.75 mi. S. on old Shallow Ford rd. & camped at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM60N_mcphersons-divergent-line-of-march_Dunwoody-GA.html
July 17, 1864. At this road-fork (near old Providence Church), the 16th A.C. of the Army of the Tenn. (US), enroute from Roswell to Decatur, moved by the west fork towards Nancy's Creek where it camped near old Cross Keys.
The 15th A.C., follow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5ZC_the-swanton-house_Decatur-GA.html
Ante-bellum residence of Benjamin F. Swanton; once the property of Ammi Williams, a DeKalb County pioneer. Built prior to 1842.
In 1864 the Swanton family was in residence here when the Federal Army of the Tennessee occupied Decatur. This force…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5ZA_the-16th-23d-corps-march-to-decatur_Decatur-GA.html
July 19, 1864. Dodge's 16th A.C., having camped on N. Fork Peachtree Cr., moved S. on old Shallowford Rd. to this point where it joined Schofield's 23d, which had marched S.E. from Goodwin's Crossing (Brookhaven), along roads now designated Briarw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5Z9_dr-chapmon-powells-medicine-house-and-w-j-houston-plantation_Decatur-GA.html
About 1826, Dr. Chapmon Powell erected a log cabin beside the Shallowford Trail near this site. His Indian patients called it the "Medicine House." His cabin had been relocated onto this site by 1863 when Powell's son-in-law, Washington Jackson Ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5W4_an-unexpected-clash_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864. The attack by Walker's & Bate's divs. (Hardee's A.C.) (C.S) struck the two brigades Mersy's & Rices's, of Sweeny's 16th A.C. div. (U.S.) enroute to support the 17th in E. Atlanta.
Walker's troops came up Sugar Cr. valley from the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5MU_wheeler-delays-blair_Atlanta-GA.html
McPherson's Army of the Tenn. (US) seized Decatur July 19, 1864 & on the 20th moved towards Atlanta in two columns - the 15th & 16th A.C. via the Ga. R.R., the 17th by roads S. of it where Wheeler's Cav.,(CS) guarding the right of Atlanta's outer …