Old Belleview-GHM 130-3-Talbot Co
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Sprinterman
N 32° 46.206 W 084° 33.468
16S E 728758 N 3628440
Ga 41 about one mile south of Woodland
Waymark Code: WM6VA4
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2009
Views: 5
Ante-bellum settlement on the Old Alabama Rd. between the Chattahoochee at Columbus and the Flint River at the Double Bridges.
Columbus was seized by Federal Cav. under Gen. James H. Wilson, April 16, 1865. The next day Minty`s div. was sent forward to secure the Flint River crossing at Double Bridges. This was done by the 4th Michigan & 3rd Ohio Cav., Col B.D. Pritchard comdg., after a rapid night march & a surprise attack, early the 18th.
The rest of Wilson`s forces left Columbus that day, following Minty`s div. via Talbotton, Belleview, Pleasant Hill, Double Bridges, Thomaston, Culloden - Macon their destination.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 130-3
Date: 1956
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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