- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Ross' Headquarters historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Cobb County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Hurt Rd. at Old Tennessee Rd., 1 mile S.E of Powder Springs Rd.
Text of marker: "ROSS' HEADQUARTERS. Brig. Gen. L. S. Ross, commanding the Texas brigade of Brig. Gen. Wm. H. Jackson's cavalry [CS], had fought delaying actions with Schofield's 23rd A. C. [US] (the rt. of Sherman's forces) since both armies moved from Paulding Co.; Ross had headquarters at the Shaw House, June 22, 27, 1864. June 22, Schofield's troops reached Cheney's house. Hascall's div. supported the 20th A. C. [US] at Kolb's Farm, while Cox's div. at Cheney's held the extreme Federal right. June 26, 27. The 23rd A.C. continued the flanking movement S. from Cheney's, crossed Olley's Cr. & pushed down the Sandtown Rd. forcing Ross to withdraw his cav. at the Shaw House. 033-61 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1984" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_ross-headquarters
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_ross-headquarters
- 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:
-
