Cox's Div. & Dodge's 16th A.C. Make Contact

Cox's Div. & Dodge's 16th A.C. Make Contact is a Georgia historical marker in DeKalb County.

On Johnson Ferry Road, northwest of Mill Creek Road in Atlanta.

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July 17, 1864. Cox's division, 23rd A.C. marching South East from Sandy Springs reached Nancy's Creek at evening and camped on the north side of it. Dodge's 16th A.C. having moved south from Roswell, camped on the creek 1 mile north of Old Cross Keys and 1 mile to Cox's left ~ as planned. July 18. Both commands [USA] passed through Old Cross Keys settlement. Dodge's column turned east to the Rainey plantation ~ Cox's column division south to the Samuel House plantation. Hascall's division moving from Burdett's farm on Mt. Paren, joined Cox's line of march and continued southward from the House plantation.

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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 Cox's Div. & Dodge's 16th A.C. Make Contact, 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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More markers nearby

Dodge's 16th A.C. Camp on Nancy's Creekunder 1 mi
Hascall's Div. Joins Cox's Line of Marchunder 1 mi
Old Cross Keys1 mi
The Samuel House Plantation2 mi