JONESBORO THREATENED GHM 031-4 Clayton, Co.
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N 33° 38.750 W 084° 23.419
16S E 742026 N 3725942
Jonesboro Threatened State Historical Marker
Located on U.S. 41 east of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
Waymark Code: WM2FET
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2007
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JONESBORO THREATENED
August 30, 1864. On receipt of Hardee's report from Rough and Ready of
Federal threats to the M. & W. R. R., at Jonesboro, Hood directed
Hardee & S. D. Lee [CS] to come to headquarters. The locomotive N. C.
MONROE was sent for them at sunset: Hardee at Rough and Ready, Lee at
East Point. On reaching Atlanta, Hardee was directed by Hood to march
two corps -- his own, under Cleburne, from near Rough and Ready,
& Lee's from East Point -- to Jonesboro.
This was an endeavor to checkmate the Federal threat to Atlanta's last
R. R. Hardee arrived by rail at Jonesboro before dawn the 31st, in
advance of his marching soldiery.
031-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
NOTE: Coords are for the parking. There are 4 markers here within 90 feet.