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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/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/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/HM64W_isoms-ferry_Atlanta-GA.html
Chattahoochee River, at mouth of Soap Cr., .75 mi. N.W., operated in the 1860`s by James Isom. Federal Army records cite it variously as Isham's Ford or Fy., Phillip's Fy., Cavalry Fd. The first of the Federal troops to pass the river was Cox`s di…
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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