Sherman at Zion Church-GHM 051-15-Effingham Co
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N 32° 12.412 W 081° 21.740
17S E 465852 N 3563423
Ga 17 at junction with Ga 30
Waymark Code: WMCGF2
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2011
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On the night of Dec. 8, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi (USA), Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, was established here at Zion Church. Hq. Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps), Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, USA, was at Eden (3 mi. SW). Hq. Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps), Maj. Gen. H.W. Slocum, USA, was at Springfield (12 mi. N).
On the 9th, Gen. Sherman moved forward to Pooler, 9 miles from Savannah, while the Left Wing converged on Monteith (11 mi. E). In the Right Wing, the 17th Corps destroyed the Central RR through Eden while the 15th Corps began passing to the south of Savannah on both banks of the Great Ogeechee River.
GHM 051-15 Georgia Historical Commission 1955
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 051-15
Date: 1958
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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