Federal Troops Occupy Marietta -GHM 033-54
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N 33° 57.140 W 084° 34.654
16S E 723856 N 3759514
Federal Troops Occupy Marietta State Historical Marker Located on Ga. 120 in parking lot just east of Burnt Hickory Rd. in Marietta
Waymark Code: WM2AV6
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
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FEDERAL TROOPS OCCUPY MARIETTA, 1864

The 23d A.C. [US] seized a position at Moss' house
(at Floyd Station), lower Sandtown Rd., July 1
-- nearer Chattahoochee River than Johnston's
Kennesaw line [CS], whereupon he withdrew his army,
via Marietta, to his Smyrna - Ruff's Mill line,
6 mi. S., during the night, July 2-3.

Pursuit followed; two divs. of Logan's 15th A.C. [US]
(Osterhaus & Harrow) were sent via Burnt Hickory & Dallas
rds. to occupy Marietta. Being replaced, they marched,
9 A.M. July 4, via Powder Springs Rd. & the Cheney house
to the lower Sandtown Rd. where they joined the
rest of McPherson's Army of the Tennessee [US].

033-54 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: 033-54

Date: 1954

Sponsor: Not listed
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