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 Controlling the Railroads and the River - Fulton Co., GA Posted by:  Lat34North
N 33° 51.508 W 084° 27.005
16S E 735898 N 3749389
This interruptive marker is located off of Northgate Dr at the Lovett School, on the road east of the traffic circle (1st street), Atlanta, GA.
Waymark Code: WMN86E
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2015
Views: 2
Controlling the Railroads and the River
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It was hot and humid along with the Chattahoochee River in July 1864. Union soldiers were sick, tired, and injured from months of fighting. They had followed the Confederate line from Tennessee to Atlanta. The Army of the Cumberland rested, healed, in resupplied it Vinings station.
General Sherman made plans to take Atlanta, just 8 miles away. Union armies were destroyed the cities in industries and railroad lines supplied the Confederacy.
The Chattahoochee River offered the last natural barrier before the city. Pace’s Ferry, a mile south of Vinings, provided a shallow, narrow crossing. Throughout July, there were artillery shelling’s and rifle skirmishes across the river. Pontoon boats of Union soldiers crossed the River on July 17. Soldiers, supplies, and artillery moved through the Vinings train station in along Pace’s Ferry Road to wage major battles for Atlanta.
two pictures of union generals
General John W Geary, who commanded the Second Division, Twentieth Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, during the Atlanta campaign.
Colonel David Ireland of the 137th New York volunteer infantry Regiment. Served as commander of the Third Brigade, Second Division, Twentieth Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, while occupying the Pace’s Ferry earthworks.
(lower left – map)
- Mount Wilkerson
(Vinings mountain)
Sherman first Sault Atlanta
- Vinings station
- Hardy Pace House
Union Field Hospital
and Sherman’s Temporary Headquarters
- purported location of Trading Rock
- Union Troops crossed the Chattahoochee River first at Roswell and Soap Creek forcing the southern line at Pace’s Ferry (Lovett) to withdraw or face being flanked.
- Location of old Pace’s Ferry and Union pontoon bridge
Type of Marker: Other
Marker #: None
Date: None
Sponsor: Not listed
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