Garrard & Lightburn to Stone Mountain - GHM 044-15 – DeKalb Co., GA
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Garrard & Lightburn to Stone Mountain State Historical Marker located on the east side of Fellowship Rd just S of Lawrenceville Hwy (US 29) in Tucker, GA.
Waymark Code: WM2G8N
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2007
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GARRARD & LIGHTBURN TO STONE MOUNTAIN
The principle object of the wide swing of Federal forces S.E. from Roswell, where they crossed the Chattahoochee, was to cut the Ga. R.R. at & near Stone Mountain, thereby isolating Atlanta from the east.
Pursuant to plan, Logan’s 15th A.C. was posted at Browning’s Courthouse (Tucker) as support to Garrard’s Cavalry in its move on the R.R. between Stone Mountain and Decatur.
Lightburn’s brigade, of Logan’s corps, moved on this road with Garrard’s Cavalry, July 18, 1864, to Stone Mountain ~ their progress resisted & impeded by Wheeler’s Cavalry [Confederate] all the way.
GHM 044-15 - Georgia Historical Commission - 1984