Sherman's Advance

Sherman's Advance is a Georgia historical marker in Screven County, dedicated 1958.

At the intersection of Effingham Highway (State Highway 17) and Jarrell Pond Rd, on the right when traveling south on Effingham Highway in Sylvania.

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On the night of Dec. 4, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, and Hq. 17th Corps, Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair, USA, were established at this point, 1 mile E of Cameron (Station No. 5 1/2 CRR) and 1 mile S of Paris Hill Academy. Hq. Right Wing (Howard) and Hq. 15th Corps (Osterhaus) were across the Ogeechee River beyond Cameron. Hq. Left Wing (Slocum) and Hq. 20th Corps (Williams) were on the Middle Ground road S of Sylvania. Hq. 14th Corps was near Jacksonboro, on the old Augusta-Savannah road of Sylvania. Next day, Gen. Sherman advanced to Oliver where a Confederate force was entrenching.

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Historical maps covering this location

1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · South Carolina. (David Rumsey 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 Sherman's Advance, 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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This historical marker is part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program and was erected by the Georgia Historical Commission. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's own marker database.

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