Pettit Creek Camp-Site Federal 23rd Corps

Pettit Creek Camp-Site Federal 23rd Corps is a Georgia historical marker in Bartow County, dedicated 1952.

Located on Goodyear Ave and Cassville Rd in Cartersville.

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During the Atlanta Campaign, General Joseph E. Johnston's forces (CS) retreated southward from Cassville along this road, to Allatoona Mountains, south of the Etowah River, May 20, 1864. They were immediately followed by Gen. John M. Schofield's 23d Corps (US), which encamped in this vicinity. While here, troops of Gen. Jacob Cox's Division (US) were sent to destroy the Cooper Iron Works (site of Allatoona Dam) on May 21-22. From this campsite, the corps marched on May 23 to the Etowah River at Milam's Bridge.

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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 Pettit Creek Camp-Site Federal 23rd Corps, 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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Pettit Creek Camp-Site Federal 23rd Corps

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