McIntyre
![On the night of Nov. 23, 1864, Hq. 17th Corps [USA] , Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair, USA, was established at McIntyre (old Station No. 16, CRR), 2 miles NE, after moving forward from Gordon (old No. 17)...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vBD5u_8t0b6o0WgLkJPrAHu2ZcpPDnxgeamz0i1QIScFFuy6oNHWG6r4O1gMgjMWK7BjWgf06zruTJUBiiz1WM00Jd09)
On the night of Nov. 23, 1864, Hq. 17th Corps [USA] , Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair, USA, was established at McIntyre (old Station No. 16, CRR), 2 miles NE, after moving forward from Gordon (old No. 17) where the Left Wing of Gen. Sherman´s Army had concentrated, beginning on the 21st, to prepare for the second phase of its destructive March to the Sea.
That day, G.A. Smith´s division, preceded by the 1st Alabama [USA], had advanced through Toomsboro to the RR bridge over the Oconee River and skirmished with the defenders [CSA]. Other elements of the 17th Corps destroyed the railroad through McIntyre and burned the bridge over Commissioner Creek.
GHM 158-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1957
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Ken Moser.