- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Sherman at Harris' Quarters historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Newton County
Sherman's March to the Sea - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Newton County, Covington, 33.59678, -83.86018
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 278 at Ga. 142 east of Covington
Text of marker: "SHERMAN AT HARRIS' QUARTERS. On Nov. 18, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi (USA), Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, were established here at "Harris' Quarters," the overseer's house and negro cabins of a large plantation owned by Judge John Harris of Covington. Gen. Sherman was accompanying the 14th Corps, Maj. Gen. J.C. Davis. After stripping Harris, Graves and other nearby plantations of livestock, provisions and able-bodied negroes, the 14th Corps departed on the 19th and marched S.E through Shady Dale and Sand Town (Newborn) enroute to rendezvous with Hq. Left Wing and the 20th Corps at Milledgeville. 107-8 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1958" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_sherman-at-harris-quarters
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_sherman-at-harris-quarters
- 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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