The Marcus Long Crossroads

Clayton County · dedicated 1989 · At the intersection of GA 139 and Flat Shoals Road in Atlanta.

Having cut the A. & W.P. R.R. at Red Oak, Federal forces were shifted toward the Macon R.R. to complete the isolation of Atlanta, making it untenable by the Confederate defenders. Aug. 30, 1864. Stanley's 4th A. C. [US], moving S. from Red Oak, reached the Long house at noon where it encountered Confederate cavalry posted at the crossroads. Newton's div., of the 4th, drove the cavalry N. E. on Flat Shoals Rd. and deployed just beyond the Mann house. Kimball and Wood were aligned S. of the crossroads on the Fayetteville Rd., facing N. E.; Wood on the rt., joining the left of Baird's div., 14th A. C.

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