Old Cheshire Bridge Road

Old Cheshire Bridge Road is a Georgia historical marker in Atlanta., Fulton County, dedicated 1954.

Piedmont Ave at East Pace's Fy Rd, Atlanta.

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In 1864 the Old Cheshire Bridge Rd., leading E. from Buckhead generally on the trace of the present E. Pace's Fy. Rd., crossed this area & ran S.E. to N. Fork Peachtree Cr. & beyond. Howard's 4th A.C. (Federal), marching from Power's Ferry, encamped at Buckhead, July 18. When it was found that a gap in the Federal line N.E. of Atlanta required additional forces, two divs. of Howard's A.C. were shifted to the left. Stanley's div., July 19, followed by Wood on the 20th, left Buckhead on Cheshire Bridge Rd. & via the old Williams Mill Road (Briarcliff), joined Schofield's 23d A.C.

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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)
1874 · Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Old Cheshire Bridge Road, 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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