Sherman's Right Wing-GHM-150-12-Washington Co
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N 32° 48.449 W 082° 54.797
17S E 320868 N 3631565
Ga 68 at Ga 272 junction southeast of Oconee
Waymark Code: WM6EVA
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/23/2009
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On Nov. 26, 1864 the Right Wing(15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman´s army which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Oconee River at Ball´s Ferry´s (O.4 mi. N of the Ga 57). The 17th Corps (Blair´s), after completing its crossing, massed near this road fork and camped for the night.
Next morning, Blair sent Leggett´s division to Oconee (old Station No. 14 CRR), 4 mi NW. to destroy the railroad to "a" point near Irwin´s Cross ~ Roads, " 5 mi NE. From that point, Rice´s and Hurlbut´s brigades, 15th Corps, completed the destruction of the railroad as far as Tennille (No. 13, CRR).
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 150-12
Date: 1957
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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