Logan's 15th Corps & Garrard's Cavalry - GHM 044-9 - DeKalb Co., GA
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Logan's 15th Corps & Garrard's Cavalry State Historical Marker located at Chamblee-Tucker Rd just west of Pleasantdale Road.
Waymark Code: WM2G8M
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2007
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LOGAN'S 15TH CORPS & GARRARD'S CAVALRY
Ju1y 18, 1864. Logan’s 15th A. C. Army of the Tennessee [US] having detoured from the old Shallow Ford Rd. at the Rainey plantation (4 ml. W) moved to this point where it joined Garrard’s cav. via McAfee’s : bridge (Chattahoochee River) & Buchanan’s house
(Hightower Trail at Buford Highway) was enroute S. to Browning’s Court House (TUCKER). Logan’s corps, in support of Garrard, moved 2 ml. S. to Browning’s where it marked time the rest of the day while Lightburn’s brigade was sent with the cavalry to destroy the Georgia R.R. at and near Stone Mountain.
GHM 044-9 - Georgia Historical Commission - 1954
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHM 044-9
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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