Federals At Barnesville
As Wilson´s Federal Cavalry moved toward Macon, near this spot on Wednesday, April 19, 1865, some of them attacked a small Confederate force, ´The Dixie Rangers.´ Greatly outnumbered, ´The Rangers´ fought with gallantry, gradually withdrawing from the field. A detachment from the Federal 4th Indiana Cavalry captured the flag of ´The Rangers´ in this skirmish. Federal soldiers were again in Barnesville on May 5, 1865, when troops from the First Division, Wilson´s Federal Cavalry, in pursuit of Jefferson Davis, camped here that night.
GHM 085-3 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1957
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Ken Moser.