The Hargrove House

The Hargrove House is a Georgia historical marker in Cobb County, dedicated 1954.

At 2500 Windy Hill Drive in Marietta.

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Ante-bellum residence of Asbury Hargrove 1809-1879. Headquarters of Brig. Gen. Edward M. McCook, July 6 - 15, 1864. McCook's (1st) div. (Dorr's & Lamson's brigades), Elliott's Cav. Corps (Army of the Cumberland) [USA], was posted here to patrol the Chattahoochee between Rottenwood Cr. (S.) & Roswell (N.). McCook's horsemen served as a screen, behind which the 23d & 4th Corps moved to crossings at the mouth of Soap Cr. & at Power's Fy. July 15. McCook's cav. left Hargrove's to patrol the river, on the Cobb Co. side, above & below the State R. R. (at Bolton) until the 22d.

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1809 · United States of America, southern part. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Hargrove House

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