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Harlan's Cross Roads: Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield's Headquarters, May 16, 1864.

Harlan's Cross Roads: Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield's Headquarters, May 16, 1864. is a Georgia historical marker in Gordon County, dedicated 1953.

At the intersection of GA 225 and Pine Chapel Road in Resaca.

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Hovey's 1st & Judah's 2d divs. of Schofield's 23 A.C. [US], enroute from Resaca battlefield crossed the Conasauga River at Fite's Fy. intending to pass the Coosawattee at McClure's Ferry, 1.25 mi. east of here. But the 20th A.C. [US], diverted from Newtown ferry by Gen. Hooker got ahead of Schofield's & crossed at McClure's. This forced 2 divs. 2 mi. S. E. to Field's Fy. Cox's (3d) div. [US] crossed the Conasauga near Tilton, & Holley, marched to Field's Fy.

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1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · Dalton, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1892 · Dalton, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1897 · Dalton, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1901 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Alabama, 1856, covering the location of Harlan's Cross Roads: Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield's Headquarters, May 16, 1864., with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Alabama, 1856, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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