- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Railroad Block-House historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bartow County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, 34.23786, -84.8405
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 293 at Sandtown Rd. just north of Allatoona Lake
Text of marker: "RAILROAD BLOCK-HOUSE. On Allatoona Creek in this vicinity, a Federal block-house, guarding State R.R. bridge, was garrisoned by Companies E,F, and I, of the 18th Wisconsin Regt. Oct. 5, 1864, while retreating from Allatoona, 2 mi. N., French's Div. of Stewart's A.C. burned the bridge and block-house, capturing 84 officers and men. The State R.R. was shifted north in 1949 and 1950, Allatoona Creek was flooded by the impounded waters of Allatoona Dam. 008-7 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1992" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_railroad-block-house
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_railroad-block-house
- 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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