The March to Decatur

The March to Decatur is a Georgia historical marker in DeKalb County, dedicated 1954.

At the intersection of Briarcliff and Henderson Mill Roads in Atlanta.

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McPherson's Army of the Tenn. [US], consisting of the 15th, 16th, & 17th corps, having crossed the river at Roswell, made a wide swing S.E. to cut the Georgia R.R. at & E. of Decatur. Logan's 15th, A.C. was the extreme left; posted at Browning's Court House (TUCKER), July 18, it supported Garrard's cav. which seized the R.R. at Stone Mtn. Logan camped that night at Henderson's Mill, resuming the march to Decatur next day, followed by Blair's 17th which had camped at Blake's Mill, N. Fork Peachtree Cr. From this point, both corps reached Decatur via roads now designated LaVista, Montreal & Lawrenceville; Dodge's 16th, by other rds. W.

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1888 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1890 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1892 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VIII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Atlanta, Georgia, 1895, covering the location of The March to Decatur, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Atlanta, Georgia, 1895, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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