- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Richard Peters' Plantation historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Gordon County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gordon County, Calhoun, 34.50259, -84.95105
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: E. Belmont and Plantation Drive, Calhoun
text of marker: "RICHARD PETERS' PLANTATION. May 16, 1864 Williams' 1st and Geary's 2d divs., 20th A. C. [USA], crossed the Coosawattee at McClure's Ferry near Pine Chapel, & night of the 17th, reached this cross-roads - Buschbeck's brigade of Geary's div. camping on the Peters plantation. These troops, together with the 4th & 14th Corps [USA] on the Atlanta road 1 mile W., were of the Army of the Cumberland & center of Sherman's advance S. from two days of the battle at Resaca. The 4th & 14th Corps marched to Kingston; the 20th, to Cassville. 064-25 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_richard-peters-plantation
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_richard-peters-plantation
- 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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