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Transfer Point

After the occupation of Atlanta by Federal forces, Sept. 2, 1864, the remaining civilians were required to register for transportation to points north or south as desired. Those electing to...

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Rough and Ready

A way-station on a stage line from Macon to upper Georgia in the 1840´s; Post Office, Apr. 5, 1847 - June 24, 1869. Also, a cotton shipping point -- the tavern an eating house for passengers --...

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Jonesboro Threatened

August 30, 1864. On receipt of Hardee´s report from Rough and Ready of Federal threats to the M. & W. R. R., at Jonesboro, Hood directed Hardee & S. D. Lee [CS] to come to headquarters....

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Morrow, Georgia

Morrow Station was established as a depot on the Macon & Western R. R. when it was put into operation in 1846. A post office was opened here in 1871, and the City of Morrow was incorporated in...

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14th A.C. At Shoal Creek Church

Aug. 29, 1864. The 10th Mich. reg´t, in advance of Davis´ 14th A. C. [US], en route from Red Oak to Jonesboro, encountered Armstrong´s & Martin´s cav. [CS] posted at the church, where a...

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Site: Shoal Cr. Church

This pioneer sanctuary stood some 200 ft. W., atop the hill. Long since vanished, its site is indicated by the HUTCHESON CEMETERY. It was cited as a landmark on maps of military operations...

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Site: The Mann House

Some 400 ft. S. on this ridge stood the antebellum farm house of John A. Mann (1828-1904). It is cited in reports & dispatches of the movement of the 4th A. C. [US] from Red Oak to the Macon R....

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Site: Marcus Long House

Near here stood the antebellum, one-story farm house of Marcus Long, a Confederate soldier who fell on a Virginia battlefield. The house, cited several times in Official Records, was a...

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The Marcus Long Crossroads

Having cut the A. & W.P. R. R. at Red Oak, Federal forces were shifted toward the Macon R. R. to complete the isolation of Atlanta, making it untenable by the Confederate defenders. Aug. 30, 1864....

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Baird's Div., 14th A.C.

Aug. 30, 1864. Davis´ 14th A. C. [US], having moved from Red Oak to Shoal Creek Ch., was divided into 2 columns when marching there from to the Fayetteville Rd. (Highway 139), Morgan´s & Carlin´s...

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The Warren House

"During the War Between the States, on this property to the north and west of this house was fought a major part of the Battle of Jonesboro, August 31st and September 1st,1864. The battle was a...

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14th A.C. Troops at the Evans Farm

Aug. 30, 1864. Federal forces, having cut the A. & W.P.R.R. at Red Oak & Fairburn, moved by several columns on various roads toward the Macon R. R., on an eight mile front; Howard´s Tennessee Army...

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Battlefield Landmark

One of the few natural landmarks of the battle fought here Aug. 31, 1864, is the deep gully S. of marker-- the bed of a small stream flowing W. to Flint River. N. of, & parallel to it was...

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Battle of Jonesboro: The First Day

Aug. 31, 1864. This immediate area was occupied by the Army of the Tenn. [US], commanded by Gen. O. O. Howard. These troops, Logan´s 15th, Ransom´s 16th & Blair´s 17th corps, marched to...

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Hardee's Corps at Jonesboro

Sept. 1, 1864. The withdrawal of S. D. Lee´s A. C. toward Atlanta left Hardee facing the same Federal forces of the preceding day. To meet an attack on his rt., he shifted Cleburne´s & Carter´s...

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Battle of Jonesboro: The Second Day

"The area bounded by the McPeak house (N), the Warren house (S), the R. R. (E), & U.S. 41 (W), was the scene of the final pitched battle of the Atlanta Campaign (begun May 7, ´64). Hardee´s A. C....

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Site of McPeak House

Cited in Official Records of military operations at Jonesboro, 1864; not the one standing in 1958, but one at rear on the old road of which the driveway is a remaining portion. Aug. 31,...

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Cavalry Action At Lovejoy's Station

"On the night of Nov. 15, 1864, the 3rd Cavalry Division of General Sherman´s army [US], which had left Atlanta early that morning on its destructive March to the Sea, camped on the west bank of...

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The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah -- the March to the Sea....

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The March to the Sea

"On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah -- the March to the Sea....

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