March and Counter-March
![Sept. 1, 1864. Gen. S. D. Lee´s A. C., withdrawn from Jonesboro after the battle Aug. 31, camped in this vicinity enroute northward via the McDonough Rd., to aid Stewart´s A. C. [CS] in Atlanta if...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/MQvnZxI2E53UImbQ51erIbGSUvpFKZ-dRVWhcZLwKbMLdh4HivG62Ce5G739OF7mtcMzeP7PRuuXE1XX3xGrC758Otw0)
Sept. 1, 1864. Gen. S. D. Lee´s A. C., withdrawn from Jonesboro after the battle Aug. 31, camped in this vicinity enroute northward via the McDonough Rd., to aid Stewart´s A. C. [CS] in Atlanta if attacked by Federals at East Point. Learning of Hardee´s defeat at Jonesboro the 31st, Hood abandoned Atlanta; Stewart & the militia moved out the McDonough Rd. night of Sept. 1
Sept. 2. Lee, his march resumed, met Stewart & the militia coming southward -- the former to Lovejoy´s -- the latter to Griffin. To cover this withdrawal, Lee continued his march northward until halted at South River, six miles from Atlanta, countermarching to Lovejoy´s Sept. 3
GHM 031-12 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
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