Approx site of John H. Green´s wood station during the 1860´s - which was a fuel supply depot of the state R.R.
April 12, 1862: Andrews´ Raiders. [USA] with the locomotive GENERAL, paused to wood up while closely pursued by the locomotive TEXAS [CSA]
May 9, 1864: 18 men of the 9th Illinois mounted infantry, [USA] burned station & cut telegraph wires - an episode of McPherson´s [USA] first move on Resaca. The severed wires were spliced by two intrepid women of the vicinity: Mrs.Bachman and her sister, Miss Carrie Sims.
GHM 155-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.