Route of Gen. Kilpatrick's Cavalry

Route of Gen. Kilpatrick's Cavalry is a Georgia historical marker in Baldwin County, dedicated 1994.

At the intersection of Irwinton Road (Ga 29) (U.S. 441) and Georgia Route 243, on the right when traveling north on Irwinton Road (Ga 29) in Scottsboro.

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Gen. Sherman's Cavalry Corps, commanded by Gen. Judson Kilpatrick, consisted of 5,000 men, 8,000 animals, and 300 wagons. It rode from Gordon to Milledgeville on Nov. 24 to join the left wing of the Union Army at Milledgeville. On the 25th, Gen. Kilpatrick moved toward Louisville and Waynesboro on the Sparta Road. The right wing of the Federal Army, numbering 29,000 men of the 15th and 17th Corps, was commanded by Gen. Oliver O. Howard. It marched south of Milledgeville via Clinton, Gordon, and Irwinton, joining the left wing near Sandersville on Nov. 27.

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1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1912 · Milledgeville, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1924 · South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · N. & S. Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

N. & S. Carolina, 1927, covering the location of Route of Gen. Kilpatrick's Cavalry, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — N. & S. Carolina, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Route of Gen. Kilpatrick's Cavalry

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