Howard's March to Jonesboro - GHM 060-170 - Fulton Co., GA
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N 33° 33.638 W 084° 27.647
16S E 735721 N 3716330
Howard's March to Jonesboro state historic marker located on Bethsaida Rd E of Old National Hwy near Fulton-Clayton line.
Waymark Code: WM40JZ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GA Cacher
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Howard's March to Jonesboro


Aug. 1864. Howard's Army of the Tenn. [US] having abandoned siege operations on the W. side of Atlanta, moved S. in a flanking march to cut the West Point R.R. at & below Shadnor Ch. On the 30th, the army moved E. toward Jonesboro to seize and destroy the Macon railroad.

Ransom's 16th & Blair's 17th A.C. marched from Fairburn; Logan's 15th, from Shadnor Ch., the 3 merging along this, the main road to Jonesboro. Armstrong's & Ross' cavalry [Confederate] resisted the advance from this side of Bethsaida Ch. to & beyond Camp Cr. as far as Renfroe's, from which place Federals reached Flint River at 10 P.M.

GHM 060-170 - GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION - 1958

Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: GHM 060-170

Date: 1958

Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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