Kilpatrick's Cavalry At The Towaliga River-GHM 102-8-Monroe Co
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Sprinterman
N 33° 07.474 W 083° 56.650
17S E 225306 N 3668955
Ga 42 at the Towaliga River
Waymark Code: WM6XEM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2009
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On Nov. 17, 1864, Kilpatrick´s cavalry division [US], which was covering the right flank of Gen. Sherman´s army on its March to the Sea, moved from Bear Creek Station (Hampton) 31 mi. NW, down the north bank of Towaliga Rivber to threaten Griffin and Forsyth. This threat caused the Towaliga bridges to bne burned by Wheeler´s cavalry [CSA] to protect those towns and the large Confederate hospital centers there.
A skirmish at this bridge marked the most southerly point W of Ocmulgee River reached by the Union forces during this campaign.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 102-8
Date: 1957
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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