Power's Ferry
![Established 1835 by James Power, (1790-1870). Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard´s 4th A. C. (Army of the Cumberland) [US], moved from Vining´s station to this vicinity July 9, 10, 1864. Newton´s (2d) div....](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Qg7pOdGDRtKxSa6Dd4PHEBJR4Nl0Bvcrd6PLaXYs1EEviMc9NSj8GQMe3_6lwjWUMrYVBCZc0hujQ4dCGOEmIdPuuNc)
Established 1835 by James Power, (1790-1870).
Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard´s 4th A. C. (Army of the Cumberland) [US], moved from Vining´s station to this vicinity July 9, 10, 1864. Newton´s (2d) div. was diverted to Roswell to support Garrard´s cav. Stanley´s (1st) and Wood´s (3d) camped 3 mi. N. near Soap Creek, July 10.
Stanley crossed the Chattahoochee on Schofield´s pontoon bridge at mouth of Soap Cr. and moved S. on the other side to cover Power´s Ferry where Wood crossed on a pontoon bridge July 12. Newton, back from Roswell, crossed July 13. Stanley´s and Newton´s men built a trestle bridge at the upper island, July 14-16.
033-90 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1989
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.