Georgia Militia on Turner's Ferry Road
![Gen. Gustavus W. Smith´s Georgia Militia & Gen. L. S. Ross´ cav., driven E. to this point from Sandtown rd. (at Mableton), July 4, 1864, was again assailed by the 17th A. C. [US] July 5. Gresham´s...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/PaTsc9g4XknPNYSK6RY6Bx4SEg1zguoLKoE5knuYns5BWE-QNPbWJ9ofIOrjln236lWkpl4N1dzRwuRx-b9Z8-air8X2DA)
Gen. Gustavus W. Smith´s Georgia Militia & Gen. L. S. Ross´ cav., driven E. to this point from Sandtown rd. (at Mableton), July 4, 1864, was again assailed by the 17th A. C. [US] July 5. Gresham´s 4th div., astride the road, together with Leggett´s 3d, & Stoneman´s cav. S. of it on Howell´s Fy. rd., forced the Georgia Militia & cavalry E. to Johnston´s line at the river, to which he had withdrawn, night of the 4th, from his Smyrna-Ruff´s mill line.
Johnston stated he left the Smyrna - Ruff´s mill line because of Smith´s & Ross´ failure to hold his left flank on Turner´s Ferry rd.
033-70 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.