Gillem's Bridge

Gillem's Bridge is a Georgia historical marker in Bartow County, dedicated 1992.

On Hardin Bridge Road near Cassville.

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In 1864, a covered structure spanned the Etowah at this point. On May 23d, the 20th Corps (F), moving from Cassville, having been ordered to cross here, was diverted through error, to Milam´s Bridge 5 mi. upstream. the 4th Corps (F), moving from Cassville, crossed here and the 14th Corps (F), moving from Kingston, crossed at Island Ford, 2 mi. west. The three Corps camped that night near Stilesboro - a movement that was part of Sherman´s advance southward from Cassville and Kingston toward Dallas, Paulding County.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Atlanta Campaign 3rd epoch. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1906 · Stilesboro, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering the location of Gillem's Bridge, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Gillem's Bridge

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