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The right wing of the Army of the Cumberland 14th and 20th A.C. was also the rt. of Sherman´s forces moving on Atlanta from N. & E. The 14th and 20th having crossed the river at Pace´s Fy. July...

The right wing of the Army of the Cumberland 14th and 20th A.C. was also the rt. of Sherman´s forces moving on Atlanta from N. & E.

The 14th and 20th having crossed the river at Pace´s Fy. July 17, 1864, moved E. to this intersection with Mt. Paren & Ridgewood road. The 20th A.C. went into camp that night 2 mi. N.E. of Mt. Paren. The 14th camped on the ridge S. of this point ~ both corps facing the valley of Nancy´s Creek to the Eastward.

July 18, Two 20th A.C. regts. (13th N.J. & 82d Ohio) were sent N.E. in support of Howard´s 4th A.C. on Power´s Fy. RD., at its passage of Nancy´s Creek, enroute to Buckhead.

GHM 060-25B - GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION - 1956

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.

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