Lee's Corps Withdrawn GHM 031-13
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N 33° 31.431 W 084° 21.253
16S E 745721 N 3712498
In the median of Main St at Stockbridge Rd by the RR tracks in Jonesboro.
Waymark Code: WMNT09
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2015
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Aug. 31, 1864. When Gen. Hood in Atlanta heard that Federal forces had seized the railroad at Rough and Ready & suspecting an attack from that quarter, he ordered Gen. S. D. Lee’s A.C. [CSA] to move back toward Atlanta to support Stewart’s A.C. there. This order was issued before Hood learned that Hardee’s & Lee’s troops had been engaged with Howard’s forces [USA] all that afternoon at Jonesboro.
Sept. 1. Lee began his march at 2 A.M. on this road which joins the McDonough-Atlanta road six miles N. E. This left Hardee’s corps~singly & alone~to face six Federal corps in the final battle of the Atlanta Campaign.
Type of Marker: Other
Marker #: 031-13
Date: 1956
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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