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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBXA_battle-of-jonesboro-the-second-day_Jonesboro-GA.html
Sept. 1, 1864. The area bounded by the McPeak house (N), the Warren house (S), the R. R. (E), & U.S. 41 (W), was the scene of the final pitched battle of the Atlanta Campaign (begun May 7, '64).
Hardee's A. C. [CS], posted in a salient angle a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBX8_the-johnson-blalock-house_Jonesboro-GA.html
Ante-Bellum home of James F. Johnson, attorney, planter, merchant, Confederate officer and noted political figure in mid-nineteenth century Georgia. Johnson introduced the legislation which created Clayton County in 1858 and the bill which incorpo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBX4_hardees-detour_Jonesboro-GA.html
Aug. 31, 1864. The night march of Hardee's A. C. (followed by Anderson's div. of S. D. Lee's) [CS] from East Point & Rough and Ready to Jonesboro, was not without incident. About 3 A. M. the head of Brown's column encountered Federal pickets at th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7ZC_the-warren-house_Jonesboro-GA.html
During the War Between the States, on this property to the north and west of this house was fought a major part of the Battle of Jonesboro, August 31st and September 1st,1864. The battle was a struggle to capture the railroad to cut off supplies t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7YO_two-days-of-battle-at-jonesboro_Jonesboro-GA.html
In this vicinity were fought the engagements that ended the Atlanta Campaign of 1864. Confederate forces under Gen. Hardee, endeavoring to defend the remaining R.R. to Atlanta, against outnumbering Federal troops, Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 were forced to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6C3_kilpatricks-raid_Hampton-GA.html
After the failed McCook and Stoneman raids, Union Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman mounted one last effort to cut Atlanta's railroads with his cavalry. Just before dark, August 18, 1864, Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick led 4,500 troupers of the 2nd and 3rd Ca…