Richard Peters' Plantation
![May 16, 1864 Williams´ 1st and Geary´s 2d divs., 20th A. C. [USA], crosses the Coosawattee at McCiure´s Ferry near. Pine Chapel, and night, of the 17th, reached this cross ~ roads ~ Buschbeck´s...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yKN2D8DgRpNJVCtOu6KwmaOhRb8rKdqulw6VQ-pGdEDJS_J_ebI_IPNCianwp8-oFdv8j3D9Ccm7QehXVLjAqhv1U48)
May 16, 1864 Williams´ 1st and Geary´s 2d divs., 20th A. C. [USA], crosses the Coosawattee at McCiure´s Ferry near. Pine Chapel, and night, of the 17th, reached this cross ~ roads ~ Buschbeck´s brigade of Geary´s div. camping on the Peters plantation.
These troops, together with the 4th and 14th Corps [USA] on the Atlanta road 1 mile W., were of the Army of the Cumberland and center of Sherman´s advance S. from two days of the battle at Resaca.
The 4th and 14th Corps marched to Kingston; the 20th, to Cassville.
GHM 064-25 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Ken Moser.