The River Patrol & Cochran's Ford
![Pending Federal crossings of the Chattahoochee, Gen. E. M. McCook´s cav. div. [US] screened 4th and 23d Corps movements to fords and ferries in this vicinity, July 6, 15, 1864. July 7, Brownlow´s...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/h32Cqu2ZipsLh9ijeSeDPgmfbnPxekX3jgxSD9JjlzHa87nj-Hi_6wkhXqSHScbIBbjteujNPdVFgoFubWDpv6H4qbxU)
Pending Federal crossings of the Chattahoochee, Gen. E. M. McCook´s cav. div. [US] screened 4th and 23d Corps movements to fords and ferries in this vicinity, July 6, 15, 1864.
July 7, Brownlow´s 1st Tennessee reg´t., Dorr´s brigade (McCook´s cav.) seized the upper island near Power´s Ferry, as an observation point.
July 9, Col. Dorr, with a detachment, crossed at the mouth of Soap Cr., 3 mi. N. (Schofield´s crossing, July 8), to scout the country below. Another detachment crossed at Cochran´s Ford (1.25 mi. S. of Soap Cr.), as a support. Dismounted, carrying guns and cartridges aloft, they waded the deep stream, wearing nothing but hats.
033-89 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1989
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.