McPherson's Divergent Line of March

McPherson's Divergent Line of March is a Georgia historical marker in DeKalb County, dedicated 1954.

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July 17, 1864. At this road-fork (near old Providence Church), the 16th A.C. of the Army of the Tenn.[US], enroute from Roswell to Decatur moved by the west fork toward Nancy's Creek where it camped near Cross Keys. The 15th A.C. followed by the 17th, continued S.E. on old Shallow Ford Rd to Nancy's Creek where it camped. Garrard's cav was posted on the left (east) of the 15th Corps. The primary purpose of McPherson's march to Decatur was to seize & destroy the Georgia Railroad between that place and Stone Mountain depot, nine miles N.E. of it.

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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)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of McPherson's Divergent Line of March, 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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McPherson's Divergent Line of March

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