Sherman at Zion Church

Sherman at Zion Church is a Georgia historical marker in Effingham County, dedicated 1958.

Northeast of intersection GA-17 South and Noel C. Conway Road in Guyton.

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On the night of Dec. 8, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi [US], Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, was established here at Zion Church. Hq. Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps), Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, USA, was at Eden (3 miles SW). Hq. Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps), Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum, USA, was at Springfield (12 miles N). On the 9th, Gen. Sherman moved forward to Pooler, 9 miles from Savannah, while the Left Wing converged on Monteith (11 miles E). In the Right Wing, the 17th Corps destroyed the Central RR through Eden while the 15th Corps began passing to the south of Savannah on both banks of the Ogeechee River.

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1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Military map showing the marches of the United States Forces 1863-1865. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering the location of Sherman at Zion Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Sherman at Zion Church

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