Howard's March to Jonesboro
![Aug. 1864. Howard´s Army of the Tenn. [US] having abandoned siege operations on the W. side of Atlanta, moved S. in a flanking march to cut the West Point R.R. at & below Shadnor Ch. On the 30th,...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IokJtVRcqTo_eMizVL4U4wlT9nrUkrW-VzoICpiD3Ha_-7mMIon6QRNxW-ejuWAfX-kEvZi4Xisf7KLxpoTwXfnHJasR)
Aug. 1864. Howard´s Army of the Tenn. [US] having abandoned siege operations on the W. side of Atlanta, moved S. in a flanking march to cut the West Point R.R. at & below Shadnor Ch. On the 30th, the army moved E. toward Jonesboro to seize and destroy the Macon railroad.
Ransom´s 16th & Blair´s 17th A.C. marched from Fairburn; Logan´s 15th, from Shadnor Ch., the 3 merging along this, the main road to Jonesboro. Armstrong´s & Ross´ cavalry [Confederate] resisted the advance from this side of Bethsaida Ch. to & beyond Camp Cr. as far as Renfroe´s, from which place Federals reached Flint River at 10 P.M.
GHM 060-170 - GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION - 1958
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.