McPherson's Troops March to Decatur

McPherson's Troops March to Decatur is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1954.

At intersection of Roberts Dr at Spalding Dr in Sandy Springs.

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July 17, 1864. The three Federal armies, commanded by Gen. W. T. Sherman, having crossed the Chattahoochee River at Soap Creek, at Power's & Pace's ferries, & at Shallow Ford near Roswell, began the move toward Atlanta on a wide front, designed to approach the city from the North, North-East and East. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee, consisting of Logan's 15th, Dodge's 16, & Blair's 17th Corps, having crossed at Shallow Ford, moved on this road toward Decatur, in the sequence as named. Their routes traversed the upper valleys of Nancy's and Peachtree Creeks.

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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 McPherson's Troops March to Decatur, 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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McPherson's Troops March to Decatur

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