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 General Grierson’s March - Eufaula, AL
N 31° 53.575 W 085° 09.159
16R E 674708 N 3530054
General Benjamin H. Grierson marched his four thousand Federal troops into Eufaula on April 29, 1865.
Waymark Code: WMFJTF
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2012
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The General Grierson’s March historical marker is a standard Historic Chattahoochee Commission metal marker. It is located in the median of West Broad Street. The marker was placed by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission.
Marker Name: General Grierson’s March
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Marker Text:
This road marks the entrance into Eufaula of Federal troops on April 29, 1865. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9. General Benjamin H. Grierson was advancing with four thousand cavalry from Mobile and was then about at Louisville. He had not heard of Lee’s surrender. Masters Edward Young and Edward Stern, mounted on horses and bearing a flag of truce, were at once dispatched out this road, the direct route from Clayton, to meet General Grierson. They met General Grierson at Six-mile Branch, delivered the message and returned. Then Dr. C. J. Pope, mayor, and a committee of city councilmen rode out to meet the Federal general and cavalry, leading them back into town down Broad Street and across the Chattahoochee to camp at Harrison’s Mill near Georgetown, Georgia.
The town never surrendered, though Eufaula remained under Federal military restriction about 4 to 5 months. Good order prevailed and all private rights were respected.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1978
Marker Number: None
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