The March to the Sea, Butts County

The March to the Sea, Butts County is a Georgia historical marker in Butts County, dedicated 1957.

Stark Road in Worthville.

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On Nov. 17th, 1864, the Right Wing of Gen. Sherman's army [US] marched from McDonough to Jackson, enroute to Planters' Factory on Ocmulgee River where it was to cross next day. To relieve congestion on the Jackson road, Smith's division, 17th Corps, with the 1st Missouri Engineers and a pontoon train, moved E from McDonough on Key's Ferry road. That night, Smith camped near Worthville. Next day, the bridge train moved through Iron Springs to Planters' Factory (12 miles SE). By one o'clock, two bridges been had laid and the troops and trains of the Right Wing were crossing into Jasper County on their destructive March to the Sea.

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1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Military map showing the marches of the United States Forces 1863-1865. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of The March to the Sea, Butts County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1866, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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The March to the Sea, Butts County

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