Garrard's Cavalry at Stone Mtn. Depot

Garrard's Cavalry at Stone Mtn. Depot is a Georgia historical marker in DeKalb County, dedicated 1954.

Located at the Stone Mountain Depot (Manor Drive and Main Street).

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July 18, 1864. Garrard's cav. div. & Lightburn's 15th A.C.[US] brigade moved from Browning's Court House (TUCKER), to this vicinity & destroyed 2 miles of Ga. R.R. track, several culverts, & the water tank. July 19. Long's & Miller's brigades, Garrard's cav. again struck the R.R. & destroyed quartermaster & commissary stores, 200 bales of cotton & additional trackage. Dilbrell's brigade, Kelly's div., Wheeler's cav. corps made all possible defense efforts, both days, to prevent the destruction of Atlanta's eastern line of communication.

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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)
1888 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Garrard's Cavalry at Stone Mtn. Depot, 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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