Cavalry Skirmish at Bear Creek Station

Cavalry Skirmish at Bear Creek Station is a Georgia historical marker in Henry County, dedicated 1957.

On US 19, just south of Woosley Road in Hampton.

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On November 16, 1864, Murray's brigade of Kilpatrick's cavalry [US] struck the advance of Iverson's cavalry [CS] at Lovejoy's Station, 4 miles North and drove it south to Bear Creek Station (Hampton), 1 mi. E, where Iverson halted to reform his smaller command. At noon, Atkins' brigade took the lead. Upon his approach, Iverson posted his men hastily behind light rail barricades; but Atkins charged with the 10th Ohio Cavalry in advance, broke through the flimsy defenses, captured 20 prisoners, and drove Iverson toward Griffin (11 mi. S).

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1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Military map showing the marches of the United States Forces 1863-1865. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Cavalry Skirmish at Bear Creek Station, 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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