Solomon Goodwin's Res.

Solomon Goodwin's Res. is a Georgia historical marker in DeKalb County, dedicated 1954.

On Peachtree Road, between North Druid Hills Road and Colonial Drive in Atlanta.

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The house on adjacent knoll, built 1831, by Solomon Goodwin (circa 1780-1850), oldest extant house in DeKalb County, was a landmark of Federal military operations in these environs during the summer of 1864. July 18. Hascall's div., 23d A.C. having marched from Old Cross Keys & the Samuel House plantation, turned S.E. here to camp at Johnston's Mill on N. Fork Peachtree Creek. Cox's div. of the 23d followed Hascall the next day, both divisions having Decatur as their objective. Schofield's 23d A.C. formed the center of the Federal armies moving toward Atlanta on the wide front from the Chattahoochee River.

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

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Solomon Goodwin's Res.

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