Hardee at Wm. Cobb's House
![July 22, 1864. Hardee´s A.C., [CSA] consisting of 4 divisions, enroute N. to the rear of Federal forces in E. Atlanta, halted here at dawn to procure guides for a wilderness march ahead. Hardee,...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/D8lySz5vAJ6LzTvugrJKnmpRSE59LThcF9nR9TQjWaFd71AbWJRUY8UhPdQfOVc9AZLLdkiSbT4mcinpMeE76TrsSDl9)
July 22, 1864. Hardee´s A.C., [CSA] consisting of 4 divisions, enroute N. to the rear of Federal forces in E. Atlanta, halted here at dawn to procure guides for a wilderness march ahead. Hardee, his staff & general officers rode to Wm. Cobb´s house (still standing) a short distance W.W. where Wm. Cobb (of Cobb´s Mill) & the miller, Case Turner, agreed to serve as guides. Cobb rode with Cleburne & Maney (Cheatham´s old div.); Turner, with Walker & Bate.
Irving Buck, in "Cleburne & His Command," cites the halt at Cobb´s Mill, but the identity & services of the guides rest solely on Case Turner´s statements to J.W. McWilliams.
044-57 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.