- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- R.R. Wood Station historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Whitfield County
Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, 34.80561, -84.96722
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Nance Spring Rd. and Gracie Rd., east of U.S 41
Text of marker: "R.R. WOOD STATION. 1/2 mi. Approx. site of John H. Green's wood station during the 1860s - which was a fuel supply depot of the state R.R. April 12, 1862: Andrews' Raiders, [USA] with the locomotive GENERAL, paused to wood up while closely pursued by the locomotive TEXAS [CSA]. May 9, 1864: 18 men of the 9th Illinois mounted infantry, [USA] burned station - cut telegraph wires - an episode of McPherson's [USA] first move on Resaca. The severed wires were spliced by two intrepid women of the vicinity: Mrs.Bachman and her sister, Miss Carrie Sims. 155-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_rr-wood-station
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_rr-wood-station
- 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:
-
