The Rainey Plantation
![July 18, 1864. The marching columns of the Army of the Tennessee [USA] having diverged 5.5 miles North West, rejoined here when Dodge´s 16th A.C. moved East from Old Cross Keys to Rainey´s,...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Xo6YZFTlEAJw6_iQ4ci-uOB4UOlVJK2_GkmTR_Alm1eP34ZVn6NwEagrUzTVTjTfEJe7tu89Gg7fmqjZfW1FZqwIhCh9)
July 18, 1864. The marching columns of the Army of the Tennessee [USA] having diverged 5.5 miles North West, rejoined here when Dodge´s 16th A.C. moved East from Old Cross Keys to Rainey´s, Blair´s 17th A.C. moved 1.75 miles South on old Shallow Ford road and camped at Blake´s Mill, North Fork Peachtree Creek; Dodge´s 16th 1 mile South (at Candler Road) with headquarters at the Rainey house.
Logan´s 15th A.C. moved South East from here to Browning´s Court House (Tucker) to support General Garrard´s Cavalry in a foray on the Georgia R.R. at Stone Mountain. Logan´s route was approximately the present - day Chamblee-Tucker Road via Antioch and Pleasant Hill churches.
GHM 044-8 - Georgia Historical Commission - 1954
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.