The 20th Corps

The 20th Corps is a Georgia historical marker in Screven County, dedicated 1958.

About 9 miles southeast of Sylvania on Ga 21.

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On Dec. 5, 1864, Brig. Gen. A. S. Williams' 20th Corps of Gen. Sherman's army (US), which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, camped with its advance at this point. Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum, USA, commanding the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) accompanied the 20th Corps. At this stage of the campaign, the 14th Corps (the extreme left) was marching on the Old Savannah Road (Ga 24) near the Savannah River, the 17th Corps, accompanied by Gen. Sherman, on the Old Louisville Road (Ga 17) near the Central Railroad, and the 15th Corps (the extreme right) on the Old Milledgeville Road, across the Ogeechee River.

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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 The 20th Corps, 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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The 20th Corps

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