The March to Soap Creek – GHM 033-73 – Cobb Co., GA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
N 33° 50.696 W 084° 34.701
16S E 724065 N 3747600
The March to Soap Creek State Historical Marker Located on the north side of Concord Rd. just east of the intersection with Hicks road. The marker is on top of an embankment and hidden by the underbrush.
Waymark Code: WM31ZX
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/27/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GA Cacher
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THE MARCH TO SOAP CREEK

Schofield's 23d A. C. [US] marked time in this vicinity while McPherson's Army of the Tenn. [US] made demonstrations at Chattahoochee ferries below Johnston's River Line [CS] -- indicating, falsely, that crossings would be made there while actual passages upstream were planned.

July 6, 1864. The 23d A. C. began its march to upper reaches of the river by moving E. on this, the old Concord Road via the battlefields of Ruff's Mill & Smyrna, to the mouth of Soap Creek, 11 miles N. E.

Passage of the river there, July 8, forced Johnston to evacuate his River Line, July 9.

GHM 033-73 - GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION - 1954



Marker as seen from south side of Concord road.
Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: GHM 033-73

Date: 1954

Sponsor: Not listed
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