Schofield's 23D Corps in Crow Valley

Schofield's 23D Corps in Crow Valley is a Georgia historical marker in Whitfield County, dedicated 1954.

Reed Rd at Brent Lane, West of Waring.

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May 9, 1864. Two divs., 23d A.C., having deployed abreast between the Burke & Harris houses moved S. astride this wooded ridge in the fork of Crow Creek. This move was made in conjunction with 4th A.C. troops on the summit & eastern slope of Rocky Face Ridge, together with pressure by the 14th A.C. at Mill Creek Gap from the W. Schofield's troops pressed S. of this point until halted by Stevenson's & Hindman's divs. (aligned across the valley), & the artillery fire from Potato Hill (Picket Top), the high point to the S.E.

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1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · Dalton, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Schofield's 23D Corps in Crow Valley, 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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Schofield's 23D Corps in Crow Valley

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