Railroad Block-House
On Allatoona Creek in this vicinity, a Federal block-house, guarding State R.R. bridge, was garrisoned by Companies E,F, and I, of the 18th Wisconsin Regt.
Oct. 5, 1864 while retreating from Allatoona, 2 mi. N., French´s Div. of Stewart´s A.C. burned the bridge and block-house, capturing 84 officers and men. The State R.R. was shifted north in 1949 and 1950, Allatoona Creek was flooded by the impounded waters of Allatoona Dam.
GHM 008-7 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1992
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
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Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.