Site: The Mann House
![Some 400 ft. S. on this ridge stood the antebellum farm house of John A. Mann (1828-1904). It is cited in reports & dispatches of the movement of the 4th A. C. [US] from Red Oak to the Macon R. R....](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/G_TqyrWWpaakcrDj-mQS4eDlGaXTjywvBaXSunmpXFRt6zTylR_NVp27QDf6uas_NpogtyV_ej7OhcaqbMtFSqEzcnEL)
Some 400 ft. S. on this ridge stood the antebellum farm house of John A. Mann (1828-1904). It is cited in reports & dispatches of the movement of the 4th A. C. [US] from Red Oak to the Macon R. R. at Rough & Ready. Aug. 30, 1864, the 4th A. C., on reaching the crossroads at noon, drove the Confederate cav. N. E. on the Flat Shoals Rd. toward Thames´ Mill, then camped in this area: Newton´s div. N. E. of house; Kimball´s & Wood´s at crossroads just west of it.
Aug. 31. The 4th, having been joined by the 23d, resumed the march N. E. & together they cut the railroad at & below Rough & Ready while the 1st battle of Jonesboro was in progress.
GHM 031-33 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1958
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.