Ross' Headquarters

Ross' Headquarters is a Georgia historical marker in Cobb County, dedicated 1984.

Hurt road at Old Tennessee Rd, 1 mi SE of Powder Springs Rd in Marietta.

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Brig. Gen. L. S. Ross, commanding the Texas brigade of Brig. Gen. Wm. H. Jackson's cavalry [CS], had fought delaying actions with Schofield's 23rd A. C. [US] (the rt. of Sherman's forces) since both armies moved from Paulding Co.; Ross had headquarters at the Shaw House, June 22, 27, 1864. June 22, Schofield's troops reached Cheney's house. Hascall's div. supported the 20th A. C. [US] at Kolb's Farm, while Cox's div. at Cheney's held the extreme Federal right. June 26, 27. The 23rd A. C. continued the flanking movement S. from Cheney's, crossed Olley's Cr. & pushed down the Sandtown Rd. - forcing Ross to withdraw his cav. at the Shaw House.

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1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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)
1874 · Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Ross' Headquarters, 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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Ross' Headquarters

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