Federal Armies at Adairsville
May 18, 1864, The 4th, 14th & 20th Corps (Army of the Cumberland) together with the 15th &16th corps (Army of the Tennessee) reached Adairsville from Resaca, at noon.
Sherman convinced that all of Johnston´s forces had gone to Kingston & Etowah River crossings S. of it directed his forces to converge there.
McPherson´s Army of the Tennessee moved to Barnsley´s; the 4th and 14th by direct road to Kingston; the 23rd (at Mosteller´s Mills, 5 mi. E.) & the 20th, were shifted S.W. across the Gravelly Plateau.
GHM 008-28 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.