Smyrna-Ruff's Mill Confederate Lines

Smyrna-Ruff's Mill Confederate Lines is a Georgia historical marker in Cobb County, dedicated 1954.

At the intersection of Concord Road and Old Concord Road at west edge of Nickajack Community.

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July 3, 1864. Johnston´s army, retreating from Kennesaw, took position in a double line of breastworks, prepared in advance, along this rd. -- the right, E. of the State R.R.; the left at Nickajack Cr., S. of Ruff´s Mill. From right to left were: Lorings, Hardee´s & Hood´s corps [CS]. July 4. Federal forces attacked both ends of line: at Smyrna & near Ruff´s Mill. Johnston withdrew S. to the Chattahoochee that night. July 6. Schofield´s 23d A.C. [US] marched from Sandtown Rd. via this rd., to the mouth of Soap Cr., where his passage of the river there, caused Johnston´s retreat to the Fulton County side.

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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 Smyrna-Ruff's Mill Confederate Lines, 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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