- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Clisby Austin House historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Whitfield County
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Tunnel Hill, 34.84063, -85.04273
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: railroad tracks at Oak St. in Tunnel Hill
Text of marker: "CLISBY AUSTIN HOUSE. 400 yds. S.E., at the big spring, is the brick residence known as the Austin house. May 7, 1864. The Federal forces, having seized Tunnel hill - their first movement in the campaign for Atlanta - Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman had headquarters at the Austin house, until May 12. While here, Sherman learned that McPherson's forces had failed to cut the R.R. at Resaca, after seizing Snake Creek Gap - May 9, whereupon the attempts at Rocky Face, Crow Valley & Mill Creek Gap, were dropped & all Federal units but the 4th A.C., Stoneman's & McCook's cav., were shifted May 12, to the Resaca front via Villanow and Snake Creek Gap. 155-25 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_clisby-austin-house
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_clisby-austin-house
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
