The 15th Corps GHM 084-19
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N 32° 55.830 W 083° 30.111
17S E 266073 N 3646359
Located on GA 49 at Pitts Chapel UMC.
Waymark Code: WMPTVR
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2015
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On the night of Nov. 21, 1864, the headquarters and one division (Hazen’s) of the 15th Corps (US) of General Sherman’s army, which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, camped here at the crossing of the Macon-Milledgeville and Clinton-Irwinton roads. Woods' division camped at the railroad, 3 ½ miles south.
Next morning, Hazen moved past Woods towards Irwinton. Walcutt’s brigade of Woods' division, on the extreme right, was attacked near Griswoldville (4 miles S) by a division of Georgia Militia. Walcutt was wounded and both forces suffered severe casualties.
Type of Marker: Other
Marker #: 084-19
Date: 1957
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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