Robert McAfee House

Robert McAfee House is a Georgia historical marker in Cobb County, dedicated 1954.

Bells Ferry Road at Piedmont Road in Marietta.

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After the seizure of Big Shanty (Kennesaw) by Sherman's forces, June 9, 1864, Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard's cav. div. [US] was posted on the left flank during operations on the Kennesaw Mountain front. Garrard's cav. guarded Noonday Creek valley from Woodstock to the left of the 17th A. C. (in the rugged Brushy Mtn. area), with patrols on the Canton, Bell's Ferry & Alabama roads. Daily conflict with his opponent -- Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry [CS] -- marked the period from June 11 to July 3. The Robert McAfee house was Garrard's h'dq'rs, during a portion of this period.

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1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1907 · Acworth, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering the location of Robert McAfee House, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Robert McAfee House

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