- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Garrard & Newton Move On Roswell historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Cobb County
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Johnson Ferry Rd. at parking lot just N.W. of Chattahoochee River
Text of marker: "GARRARD & NEWTON MOVE ON ROSWELL. 300 ft. W. stood the res. of Wm. Johnston who operated the ferry in the 1850's, where Johnston's Fy. Rd. crosses the Chattahoochee River. July 5, 1864. Gen. Kenner Garrard's cav. div. [US] enroute from Marietta to Roswell via this rd., camped on Willeo Cr., from which point he sent a regiment S. to burn the Paper Mills on Soap Creek. July 9. Newton's 4th A. C. div. [US], moving from Vining's Station, traversed this road to Roswell to support Garrard's passage of the river at Shallow Ford - retracing July 12 & crossing the river at Power's Ferry, July 13. 033-93 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1963" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_garrard-newton-move-on-roswell
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_garrard-newton-move-on-roswell
- 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:
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