Davis' March to Rome
May 16, 1864. Brig. Gen. J.C. Davis´ div. (14th A.C.) left Sugar Valley via roads west of the Oostanaula River to outflank Johnston´s forces retreating from Resaca.
Davis had been informed that Farmer´s Bridge on Armuchee Cr. was an Oostanaula crossing. Learning otherwise at Floyd Springs, he reported same to Thomas, who ordered Davis to return to Lay´s Ferry; instead, Davis kept on toward Rome, reaching DeSoto Hill, May 17.
The river was crossed under fire, May 18, & the Federals occupied Rome where they remained until May 24, when their march to Dallas, Paulding County began.
GHM 057-6 Georgia Historical Commission 1953
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.