Federal Troops Occupy Marietta 1864
![The 23d A.C. [US] seized a position at Moss´ house (at Floyd Station), lower Sandtown Rd., July 1 -- nearer Chattahoochee River than Johnston´s Kennesaw line [CS], whereupon he withdrew his army,...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4s5NbVbzB7Xcn77QtJYmMwQfwOW3A5h5y66-fT11qc7RNYYQOHs3C6D-xJVzHlrPWduJBPWTODKTNU1qus3Fc2S527oW)
The 23d A.C. [US] seized a position at Moss´ house (at Floyd Station), lower Sandtown Rd., July 1 -- nearer Chattahoochee River than Johnston´s Kennesaw line [CS], whereupon he withdrew his army, via Marietta, to his Smyrna - Ruff´s Mill line, 6 mi. S., during the night, July 2-3.
Pursuit followed; two divs. of Logan´s 15th A.C. [US] (Osterhaus & Harrow) were sent via Burnt Hickory & Dallas rds. to occupy Marietta. Being replaced, they marched, 9 A.M. July 4, via Powder Springs Rd. & the Cheney house to the lower Sandtown Rd. where they joined the rest of McPherson´s Army of the Tennessee [US].
033-54 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.