McClure's Ferry GHM 064-22
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Sprinterman
N 34° 34.778 W 084° 51.773
16S E 696023 N 3828503
On Pine Chapel Road across from Pine Chapel
Waymark Code: WM2G5N
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2007
Views: 24
Text:
May 16, 1864, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker (20th A. C.) [USA], moving E. from Resaca, with orders to cross at Newtown Fy., elected to usurp the crossing at McClure's thereby forcing Schofield's 23d A. C. [USA] to proceed E. to Field's Mill & Ferry.
Williams' (1st) & Geary's (2nd) divs. [USA] crossed at night on a temporary bridge. To hasten progress, Butterfield's (3d) div. [USA] moved on to Field's- further complicating affairs by getting there ahead of Schofield.
The 23d A.C., with Stoneman's & McCook's Calvalry, constituted the left wing of Sherman's advance S. from Resaca.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 064-22
Date: 1953
Sponsor: Not listed
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