Rocky Comfort Creek-GHM 081-11-Jefferson, Co
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Sprinterman
N 32° 59.732 W 082° 25.278
17S E 367215 N 3651688
US 221/Ga 24 1 mile southwest of Louisville at creek
Waymark Code: WM6HDF
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/06/2009
Views: 8
On Nov. 28, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman´s army [Union] moved from Davisboro to Louisville, the main body on this road. Jackson´s and Geary´s divisions, 20th Corps, along the Central Railroad, and Morgan´s and Baird´s divisions (12 miles NW).
When Baird´s division, which had camped on the road from Fenn´s Bridge, reached this point, the bridge over Rocky Comfort Creek had been destroyed by Wheeler´s cavalry [Confederate].
Pontoniers of the 58th Indiana Infantry bridged the stream with pontoons in time to permit Baird and Morgan to clear the bridge without seriously delaying the main body.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 081-11
Date: 1957
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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