The 20th Corps-GHM 081-14-Jefferson Co
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N 32° 51.990 W 082° 24.285
17S E 368571 N 3637361
Intersection of Bus US 1 and US 319 in Wadley
Waymark Code: WM6H70
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2009
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On Nov. 29, 1864, Jackson´s and Geary´s divisions, 20th Corps (Williams), of Gen. Sherman´s army, destroyed the railroad from Spier´s Turnout (Bartow), No. 11, CRR, through Bethany (Wadley), No. 10 1/2, CRR, to the Ogeechee River. next morning, both the railway and wagon bridges east of Bethany having been burned by the Confederate defenders, Jackosn and Geary marched up the west bank and crossed the Ogeechee River at Cowart´s bridge, 2.5 miles SE of Louisville, then turned east to Eden Church, on Big Creek, where they rejoined Ward´s division and the corps trains which had moved on the direct road through Davisboro and Louisville.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 081-14
Date: 1958
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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