Site: Hardy Pace's Res., Howard's Headquarters
Hardy Pace (1785-1864), operated the Chattahoochee River ferry at site of bridge where Pace´s Ferry rd. crosses. Federal forces occupied Vining´s Station, July 5-17, 1864, while preparing to cross at Pace´s & Power´s for the move on Atlanta. Gen. O. O. Howard, 4th A. C., had headquarters at the Pace res., July 5-10. Vining´s temporary terminal of the R. R. , was the subsistence & ammunition dump of the Federal army during the siege & capture of Atlanta. Wounded from the Atlanta front were sent to Vining´s where the Pace house was used as a hospital later, destroyed by fire.
033-84 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
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Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.