Davis' Division at Dallas, Georgia
Posted by: YoSam.
N 33° 55.745 W 084° 50.630
16S E 699300 N 3756386
Part of the "Sherman Through Georgia" campaign.
Waymark Code: WM10KFG
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2019
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County of memorial Paulding County
Location of memorial: Polke Ave. & Confederate Ave., Dallas
Erected By: Georgia Historical Commission
Sate Erected: 1953
Plaque Text:
DAVIS' DIV. AT DALLAS
May 26th, 1864, Brig. Gen. J. C. Davis' (2d) div. 14th A.C.
reached Dallas on this rd. from Bishop's Bridge (Pumpkin Vine Cr).
These troops left Resaca, Gordon County, May 16, & marched
to Rome via a route W. of the Oosatnaula River. Leaving Rome, May 24,
the command moved by Peek's Spring (at Aragon), to Van Wert, where
a road E. led via Bishop's Bridge to Dallas.
Entering the town, Davis' div. marched E. to the
New Hope Church Rd. ( State Highway 92) & established
an entrenched line on the left of McPherson's Army of Tenn.