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R.R. Wood Station

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...

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.

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