The 23d Corps at Soap Creek
![July 8, 1864. The first passage of the Chattahoochee River by Federal forces was made at mouth of Soap Creek by Cox´s division, 23d A.C. [US]. Cameron´s brigade crossed creek at the dam and...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YTVmgS4EVMqc5rhlnnj0E9zzXDrSU6rbSM44Z6L-YO89uewDwCj0xmAkO5uo2V7F0sNi8esQVSL-CHV_n5ZkGD-q8OVY4w)
July 8, 1864. The first passage of the Chattahoochee River by Federal forces was made at mouth of Soap Creek by Cox´s division, 23d A.C. [US]. Cameron´s brigade crossed creek at the dam and passing the blackened ruins of the Paper Mills, scaled the high ridge east. Wading the river at a fish-dam, Cameron moved south to support a contingent crossing in pontoons at mouth of creek.
A Confederate cavalry outpost and field-piece were captured. This Federal crossing forced Johnston to abandon his River Line at and below Bolton; he withdrew to the Fulton County side of the Chattahoochee River, July 9.
033-92 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1992
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.