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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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Rough and Ready Tavern

Here stood the Rough and Ready Tavern or Old Bagley House which was at different times a residence, tavern, general store, arsenal & probably headquarters of Gen. Hardee Aug. 30, 1864. To this...

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Georgia Militia at Lovejoy's Station

On Oct. 12, 1864, Maj. Gen. G.W. Smith, CSA (Street Commissioner, New York City, 1858-61), assembled a force of militia at Lovejoy´s Station (0.5 mile NE) to support Iverson´s division...

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Thames House

Res. of Wm. Thames (1796-1892) pioneer citizen of Clayton, formerly Henry, County; veteran of the War of 1812; owner of a saw & grist mill on Flint River; pastor of Tanner´s Church. Aug. 31,...

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Site of Couch House

Because of its location at the center of Federal forces moving toward the Macon R. R. & Jonesboro, in Aug. 1864, the Drew Couch house, a long structure which stood at this site, was...

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Renfroe's Plantation

The John Renfroe house, which stood near this crossroads, marked the right flank of Federal troops moving eastward toward the Macon R. R. (Central of Georgia) in August 1864. It was the converging...

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Attack by Lee's Corps

Gen. Hood´s move to checkmate the Federal foray at Jonesboro on the one remaining railroad entering Atlanta, resulted in two major engagements August 31 & September 1, 1864. Aug. 31. A...

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Diverted Attack

Aug. 31, 1864. The three divs. of Hardee´s A. C. [CS] Lowrey´s, Brown´s & Maney´s (under Gen. Cleburne), moved W. from Jonesboro to attack the flank of the intrenched Federal 15th A. C. 400 yds....

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March and Counter- March

Sept. 1, 1864. Gen. S. D. Lee´s A. C., withdrawn from Jonesboro after the battle Aug. 31, camped in this vicinity enroute northward via the McDonough Rd., to aid Stewart´s A. C. [CS] in Atlanta...

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Two Days of Battle At Jonesboro

In this vicinity, several engagements were fought that ended the Atlanta Campaign of 1864. Confederate forces under Gen. Hardee, attempted to defend the remaining railroad to Atlanta,...

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Hardee's Detour

Aug. 31, 1864. the night march of Hardee´s A. C. (followed by Anderson´s div. of S. D. Lee´s) [CS] from East Point & Rough and Ready to Jonesboro, was not without incident. About 3 A. M. the...

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