- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Blountsville historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Jones County
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Jones County, 33.02513, -83.56052
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 129 at Damascas Church Rd., 8 miles northeast of Gray
Text of marker: "BLOUNTSVILLE. On Nov. 18, 1864, Blair's 17th Corps of the Right Wing of Gen. Sherman's army [USA], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Ocmulgee River at Seven Islands (12 mi. N.W. of Hillsboro) and marched via Monticello and Blountsville toward Gordon. The more direct roads were already crowded with the troops and trains of the 15th Corps and Kilpatrick's cavalry division. On the night of the 20th, the 17th Corps camped at Blountsville and along the road to Haddock with its advance guard near Fortville, well abreast of the 15th Corps which had reached Clinton that day. 084-16 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1957" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_blountsville
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_blountsville
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
