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Davis' Cross Roads

Site of home of Rev. Gary Davis (1799-1875). In June 1864, was an outpost of right wing of Sherman´s forces [US], moving from New Hope Church in Paulding Co. toward the State R.R. and the...

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Flankers Road

Commemorating action of General Iverson´s cavalrymen of Wheeler´s Corps in this vicinity who attempted to protect the railhead of Macon & Western Railroad for retreating Confederate troops after...

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McIntosh Gate

Named in honor of Brig. General William McIntosh, U.S. Army, Chief of the Coweta Tribe of the Creek Nation, he negotiated a treaty ceding this territory to the United States, which included...

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Wheeler Drive

Named in honor of Maj. General Joseph Wheeler (USMA 1859), commander of the 2nd Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee, CSA. A renowned raider, he guarded the flanks of the Confederate Army,...

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Iverson Gate

Named in honor of Brig. General Alfred Iverson, Jr., CSA. He became a first lieutenant, First U. S. Cavalry, 1856. In 1861 he resigned commission in U. S. Army and joined the Confederacy as...

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Hardee Hall

Named in honor of Lieut. General William Joseph Hardee (USMA 1838), CSA. A Corps commander during the Atlanta Campaign, he fought a delaying action on Depot site during the retreat. Later,...

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Hood Avenue

Name in honor of General John Bell Hood (USMA 1853), who was a Lieut. General in command of the 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee, CSA, during Atlanta Campaign in 1864. He succeeded General Joseph...

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Heritage Place - 1981

Historic Jonesboro, named in honor of Samuel Goode Jones in 1845, was founded in 1823 as Leaksville. Later Clayton County was created by the Act of November 30, 1858 from Fayette and Henry...

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Fort Gillem

Named in honor of Lt. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem, Jr. Enlisted as a Private in the 17th Infantry in 1910 at Ft. McPherson, Georgia and returned after 37 years of service spanning the globe from China...

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The Extended Line

The Federals, having lifted siege operations N. & W. of Atlanta Aug. 25, moved on the A. & W.P. R.R. below East Point & by the 29th began its destruction. In an effort to protect the M. &...

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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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