McPherson's Troops at Shallow Ford

McPherson's Troops at Shallow Ford is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1954.

Azalea Dr on Chattahoochee Recreation Trail just west of Atlanta Street--Roswell Rd in Roswell.

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Here, in 1824, Jacob R. Brooks established a ferry at Shallow Ford where the old Hightower Trail crossed the Chattahoochee. July 10, 1864. Dodge's 16th A.C., after a forced march of 27 mi. from the Sandtown Rd. (near Mableton), via Marietta, reached Roswell. The troops waded the river & relieved Newton's 4th A.C. div. in the trenches S. of it. July 15. Logan's 15th A.C. reached Roswell & crossed on the two bridges built by Dodge's engineers. With the arrival of Blair's 17th A.C., July 17, McPherson's forces (US) -- reassembled after a long march -- moved toward Decatur.

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1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1824, covering the location of McPherson's Troops at Shallow Ford, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1824, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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