Old Holly Creek P.O.

Old Holly Creek P.O. is a Georgia historical marker in Murray County, dedicated 1954.

Located at the intersection of Georgia Route 225 and Maple Grove Church Road in Chatsworth.

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May 16, 1864. Brig. Gen. J.D. Cox's Div., 23d A.C., [US] having crossed the Conasauga River at Hogan's Ford, 2 mi. S. of Tilton, camped at or near Holly Creek P.O., in this vicinity. May 17. Learning that 20th Corps troops [US] had usurped the Coosawattee River crossing at McClure's Ferry (at Pine Chapel), Cox moved his troops S. (via AUDOBON crossroads) to Field's Mill - two miles above McClure's, where they were joined by the other 2 divisions. The 23d A.C. was the left flank of Sherman's army, enroute S. in pursuit of the Confederate army retreating from the battlefield of Resaca after two days of battle.

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1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · Dalton, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Old Holly Creek P.O., 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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Old Holly Creek P.O.

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