- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Federal Raid historical marker
- Creator:
- Hooks, Byron
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Morgan County
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Morgan County, Buckhead, 33.56846, -83.36239
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Buckhead Road at railroad crossing in Buckhead
Text of marker: "FEDERAL RAID. On Saturday, November 19, 1864, Federal troops under Gen. Geary, Sherman's 20th Army Corps, drove a small detachment of Confederate soldiers out of Buckhead, ate dinner and then destroyed the water tank, all railroad buildings and a large supply of cordwood. Moving out of Buckhead, the Federals destroyed the railroad to the Oconee River, there burning the bridge and railroad supplies. They destroyed gins and mills, 330 bales of cotton and 50,000 bushels of corn. That night they camped at Blue Springs (now Swords) on the plantation of Col. Lee Jordan. 104-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_federal-raid
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_federal-raid
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
