Old Tavern Road

Old Tavern Road is a Georgia historical marker in Walker County, dedicated 1953.

At the intersection of Old Hwy 27 and Rock Spring Drive (State Highway 95), on the right when traveling north on Old Hwy 27 in Rock Spring.

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May 7, 1864. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee [US] (15th & 16th A.C.), having marched by Lee & Gordon's Mill turned S.E. at this point & via Rock Springs Ch. on the old Tavern Road (State Highway 95), marched to its intersection with State Highway 151, & camped there that night. McPherson's objective was to outflank Johnston's forces [CS] at Dalton by seizing Snake Cr. Gap. As originally planned, this flanking march was to have been from Guntersville, Ala., via Rome and Kingston, but failing to secure additional forces, Sherman decided on a more restricted approach to Johnston's rear, via Villanow and & Snake Creek Gap.

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1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1892 · Catoosa, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Old Tavern Road, 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 Tavern Road

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