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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4D_battle-of-jonesborough_Jonesboro-GA.html
On Friday, August 19, 1864, 4,400 Federal cavalrymen under General H. Brigadier Judson Kilpatrick galloped into Jonesborough (Jonesboro). An Illinois trooper described the town as "a row of stores, dwellings and shops on each side of the railroad,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y4B_patrick-cleburne-confederate-cemetery_Jonesboro-GA.html
Located near the center of fighting on the second day of the Battle Jonesborough (Jonesboro), the final major battle of the Atlanta Campaign, this cemetery contains the graves of up to 1,000 Confederate soldiers killed while fighting here on Augus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ER2_unknown-confederate-soldiers-memorial_Jonesboro-GA.html
To the honored memory ofthe several hundred unknownConfederate Soldiers reposingwithin this enclosure who fellat the Battle of JonesboroAugust 31-September 1, 1864These soldiers were of Hardee's Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne, L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRY8_battlefield-landmark_Jonesboro-GA.html
One of few natural landmarks of the battle fought here Aug. 31, 1864, is the deep gully S. of marker — the bed of a small stream flowing W. to Flint River. N. of, & parallel to it, was the refused line of Harrow's div. of the 15th, prolonged…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOLO_the-march-to-the-sea_Jonesboro-GA.html
On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah — the March to the Sea. He divided his army [US] into two wings. The Left Win…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOKB_hardees-corps-at-jonesboro_Jonesboro-GA.html
Sept. 1, 1864. The withdrawal of S. D. Lee's A. C. toward Atlanta left Hardee facing the same Federal forces of the preceding day. To meet an attack on his rt., he shifted Cleburne's & Carter's divs. [CS] to an extended line forming a salient angl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCCQ_battle-of-jonesboro-the-first-day_Jonesboro-GA.html
Aug. 31, 1864. This immediate area was occupied by the Army of the Tenn. [US], commanded by Gen. O. O. Howard. These troops, Logan's 15th, Ransom's 16th & Blair's 17th corps, marched to this position from Fairburn the previous day; the 15th & 17th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCCI_heritage-place_Jonesboro-GA.html
Historic Jonesboro, named in honor of Samuel Goode Jones in 1845, was founded in 1823 as Leaksville. Later Clayton County was created by the Act of November 30, 1858 from Fayette and Henry Counties, and Jonesboro became the County Seat.
The tow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCCE_lees-corps-withdrawn_Jonesboro-GA.html
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. [CS] to move back toward Atlanta to support Stewart's A. C. t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBZZ_diverted-attack_Jonesboro-GA.html
Aug. 31, 1864. The three divs. of Hardee's A. C. [CS] Lowrey's, Brown's & Maney's (under Gen. Cleburne), moved W. from Jonesboro to attack the flank of the intrenched Federal 15th A. C. 400 yds. N. This called for a wheel to the right (or N.) & wa…