The 16th & 23rd Corps March to Decatur
July 19, 1864. Dodge´s 16th A.C., having camped on the North Fork, Peachtree Creek, moved south on old Shallow Ford road to this point where it joined Schofield´s 23d, which had march south east from Goodwin´s Crossing (Brookhaven), along roads now designated Briarwood and North Druid Hills.
The 23d, occupying the road, Dodge made a shift to reach Decatur by cutting a parallel road-crossing South Fork, Peachtree Creek, at Mason´s Mill, present site of Decatur Water Works.
South of the creek, the skirmishers of both Corp were assailed by Wheeler´s cavalry as they moved toward the Decatur Public Square.
GHM 044-23 - GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION - 1954
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
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