Sherman at Harris' Quarters-GHM 107-8-Newton Co
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N 33° 35.563 W 083° 47.745
17S E 240552 N 3720502
US 278 at Ga 142 east of Covington
Waymark Code: WM6W6C
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2009
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On Nov. 18, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi (USA), Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman were established here at ´Harris´ Quarters´, the overseer´s house and negro cabins of a large plantation owned by Judge John Harris of Covington. Gen. Sherman was accompanying the 14th Corps. Maj. Gen. J.C. Davis.
After stripping Harris, Graves, and other nearby plantations of livestock, provisions and able-bodied negroes, the 14th Corps departed on the 19th and marched SE through Shady Dale and Sand Town (Newborn) enroute to rendezvous with Hq. Left Wing and the 20th Corps at Milledgeville.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 107-8
Date: 1953
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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