Turner's, Howell's, Baker's & Sandtown Ferries

Turner's, Howell's, Baker's & Sandtown Ferries is a Georgia historical marker in Cobb County, dedicated 1954.

On Ga 139 just southeast of US 78 in Mableton.

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This, the old Sandtown Road was the route of McPherson´s Army of the Tennessee [US], south to the Mitchell house, July 5, 1864. From Mitchell´s, an old road ran east to the Chattahoochee River at Turner´s Ferry, most of its course being U.S. Highway 78. South of Mitchell´s, the E. fork (State Highway 139) leads to Howell´s Ferry; the W. fork to Baker´s & Sandtown Ferries. From Mitchell´s, McPherson sent detachments to these crossings to threaten the left & rear of Johnston´s forces [CS] at the RIVER LINE.

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Historical maps covering this location

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)

Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering the location of Turner's, Howell's, Baker's & Sandtown Ferries, 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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