Site: Marcus Long House 031-32 Clayton Co.
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member GA Cacher
N 33° 36.145 W 084° 25.833
16S E 738414 N 3721033
Site: Marcus Long House State Historical Marker Located at intersection of Ga. 139 & Flat Shoals Rd., 2 mi. N of Riverdale
Waymark Code: WM2D2P
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
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SITE: MARCUS LONG HOUSE

Near here stood the antebellum, one-story farm house of Marcus Long,
a Confederate soldier who fell on a Virginia battlefield.
The house, cited several times in Official Records, was a prominent
landmark in movements of the Federal 4th and 23rd Corps from
Red Oak on the A. & W.P. R. R. to the Macon R. R. at and below
Rough & Ready, Aug. 30 and 31, 1864.p The cutting of the two railroads forced General Hood to abandon
Atlanta before he heard the final results of the fighting at
Jonesboro

031-32 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1988

Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: 031-32

Date: 1988

Sponsor: Not listed

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