Williams' KY. Cavalry at Nancy's Creek

Williams' KY. Cavalry at Nancy's Creek is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1954.

On Powers Ferry Road, just south of Nancy Creek Bridge in Atlanta.

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A concerted, but scattered endeavor was made by Wheeler's cavalry (CS) to oppose the advance of Federal forces from four Chattahoochee River crossings toward Atlanta, July 1864. July 18, Brig. Gen. John S. Williams (formerly Grigsby's) Kentucky brigade, Wheeler's cav., patrolled this road. Though outnumbered, Williams' troops fought delaying actions to obstruct the march of Howard's 4th A.C., moving from Crossroads Church to Buckhead. Williams' brigade, with a section of artillery, halted Federal progress at Nancy's Creek until forced back by superior numbers.

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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)

Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering the location of Williams' KY. Cavalry at Nancy's Creek, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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