Toward the River
![During the 5 days when Army of the Tennessee headquarters were here, the troops of the 15th & 17th A. C. [US] were posted on a ridge just W. of Nickajack Creek, facing the left of Johnston´s River...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nG6TOsnBoWLWRsKiP3KxlFrVmm9TMR_-vAMqSqT8iJ49mHH9QishMbeE9z-M27Mx6K_7js9TJuOnL3PDxs4r7qIt7q4)
During the 5 days when Army of the Tennessee headquarters were here, the troops of the 15th & 17th A. C. [US] were posted on a ridge just W. of Nickajack Creek, facing the left of Johnston´s River Line. (July 5-9, 1864).
16th A. C. [US] troops were sent to Howell´s, Baker´s & Sandtown ferries, below Nickajack Cr., where demonstrations were made as if crossings at those points were intended.
Johnston´s formidable River Line [CS] forbade a frontal attack by the outnumbering Federals; only by feinting on the right & thrusting on the left (up river at Soap Creek), were the Federals able to pass the Chattahoochee.
033-68 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.