Sligh's Mill, Pottery & Tanyard

Sligh's Mill, Pottery & Tanyard is a Georgia historical marker in Paulding County, dedicated 1953.

At the intersection of GA 61 and Harmony Grove Church Road in Dallas.

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Noted crossroads settlement of the 1860s. Schofield's 23rd corps [US], marching from Milam's Bridge (Etowah River) camped here May 24-25, 1864. This corps was the rear & left guard of Sherman's flanking march to by-pass the Allatoona Mtns. & it was stationed here 24 hrs. as a pivot, while McPherson's Army of the Tennessee [US] moved in a left wheel from Van Wert to the Dallas front. May 25, 5 P.M. The Corps moved to Burnt Hickory P.O. (Huntsville), enroute to New Hope Church.

Marker not in place due to damage or maintenance. Note from the marker program.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

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)
1895 · Atlanta Campaign 3rd epoch. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1906 · Stilesboro, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering the location of Sligh's Mill, Pottery & Tanyard, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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