- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Lee's Corps Withdrawn historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Clayton County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clayton County, Jonesboro, 33.5215, -84.35381
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Main Street north of old Depot, Jonesboro
Text of marker: "LEE'S CORPS WITHDRAWN. Aug. 31, 1864. When Gen. Hood in Atlanta heard that Federal forces had seized the railroad at Rough and Ready & suspecting an attack from that quarter, he ordered Gen. S. D. Lee's A. C. [CS] to move back toward Atlanta to support Stewart's A. C. there. This order was issued before Hood learned that Hardee's & Lee's troops had been engaged with Howard's forces [US] all that afternoon at Jonesboro. Sept. 1. Lee began his march at 2 A. M. on this road which joins the McDonough-Atlanta road six miles N. E. This left Hardee's corps - singly & alone - to face six Federal corps in the final battle of the Atlanta Campaign. 031-13 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_lees-corps-withdrawn
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_lees-corps-withdrawn
- 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:
-
