Garrard's Cavalry at Buchanan's

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

At the intersection of Buford Highway and English Oak Drive in Doraville.

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J.W. Buchanan's residence, which stood on the Old Hightower Trail, where Peachtree Road crosses, was a landmark of Federal troop movements in July, 1864. July 17, Garrard's cav., operating on the left of McPherson's Army of the Tenn., crossed the Chattahoochee at McAfee's Bridge and camped that night along the headwaters of Nancy's Creek west of Buchanan's. Logan's 15th A.C. on Garrard's rt. camped along the Cr., having reached there from Roswell on the old Shallow Ford Rd. The objective of these troops ~ the destruction of the Ga. R.R.

Marker not in place due to damage or maintenance. Note from the marker program.

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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 Buchanan's, 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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This historical marker is part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program and was erected by the Georgia Historical Commission. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's own marker database.

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