Dodge & Davis at Peek's Spring

Dodge & Davis at Peek's Spring is a Georgia historical marker in Polk County, dedicated 1992.

At the intersection of GA 101 and 1st Street in Aragon.

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The spring 175 yds. E. was the camping place of Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge's 16th A.C. of McPherson's Army of the Tennessee [US], May 23, 1864, enroute from the Etowah River to Dallas, Paulding County. May 24. Brig. Gen. J.C. Davis' (2nd) div., 14th Corps, Army of the Cumberland, [US] camped at the spring, enroute from Rome to Dallas. These troops were part of the right wing of Sherman's forces, moving to outflank Johnston's army [CS] at Allatoona. This resulted in 10 days of battle at New Hope Church & Dallas, in Paulding County.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1856 · Alabama. (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)
1895 · Atlanta Campaign 3rd epoch. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering the location of Dodge & Davis at Peek's Spring, 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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