Logan's 15th Corps at Swaintown - GHM 115-3 - Polk Co., GA
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Logan's 15th Corps at Swaintown state historic marker located at the South edge of Aragon on Ga 101 at Euharlee Creek.
Waymark Code: WM56Q9
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2008
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Logan's 15th Corps at Swaintown
May 23, 1864, Maj. Gen. John A. Logan's 15th A.C. (USA), camped here at Euharlee Cr., on the site of old Swaintown while Maj. Gen. G.M. Dodge's 16th A.C. (USA) camped at Peek's spring one mile northwest.
These two A.C., comprising McPherson's Army of the Tennessee, had moved from Woolley's Bridge, Etwowah River, to this vicinity. The next day they marched by Van Wert toward Dallas, Paulding County.
May 25. Brig. Gen. J.C. Davis' 2nd div., 14th A.C. (USA), crossed Euharlee Creek here also enroute to Dallas.
GHM 115-3 Georgia Historic Marker 1990
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHM 115-3
Date: 1990
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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