United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702Seibert, David, 1941-20201996/2014Location: Bethsaida Rd. E. of Old National Hwy. near Fulton-Clayton lineText of marker: "HOWARD'S MARCH TO JONESBORO. Aug. 1864. Howard's Army of the Tenn. [US], having abandoned siege operations on the W. side of Atlanta, moved S. in a flanking march to cut the West Point R.R. at & below Shadnor Ch. On the 30th, the army moved E. toward Jonesboro to seize and destroy the Macon railroad. Ransom's 16th & Blair's 17th A.C. marched from Fairburn; Logan's 15th, from Shadnor Ch., the 3 merging along this, the main rd. to Jonesboro. Armstrong's & Ross' cavalry [Confederate], resisted the advance from this side of Bethsaida Ch. to & beyond Camp Cr. as far as Renfroe's, from which place the Federals reached Flint River at 10 P.M. 060-170 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1958"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--Fulton CountyUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--CampaignsHoward's March to Jonesboro historical markerStillImage