United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Dunwoody, 33.94621, -84.33465United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702Seibert, David, 1941-20201996/2014Location: Roberts Dr. at Spalding Dr. in Dunwoodytext of marker: "McPHERSON'S TROOPS MARCH TO DECATUR. July 17, 1864. The three Federal armies, commanded by Gen. W. T. Sherman, having crossed the Chattahoochee River at Soap Creek, at Power's & Pace's ferries, & at Shallow Ford near Roswell, began the moved toward Atlanta on a wide front, designed to approach the city from the North, North-East and East. McPherson's Army of the Tennessee, consisting of Logan's 15th, Dodge's 16, & Blair's 17th Corps, having crossed at Shallow Ford, moved on this road toward Decatur, in the sequence as named. Their routes traversed the upper valleys of Nancy's and Peachtree Creeks. 060-7 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1984"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--Fulton CountyUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--CampaignsMcPherson's Troops March to Decatur historical markerStillImage