- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Sherman's Right Wing historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Effingham County
Sherman's March to the Sea - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Effingham County, Eden, 32.17381, -81.39067
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 80/Ga. 26 at Eden
Text of marker: "SHERMAN'S RIGHT WING. On Dec. 8, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman's army (US), which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, was moving through Effingham County toward Savannah. Hq. Right Wing, Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, USA, was here at Eden and troops of the 17th Corps were destroying the Central RR beyond the town. The 15th Corps was marching down both banks of the Great Ogeechee River to pass to the south of Savannah and cut the Savannah and Gulf RR. On the 9th, Gen. Sherman established his headquarters at Pooler, 9 miles S.E., and by the evening of the 11th the Siege of Savannah had begun. 015-17 Georgia Historical Commission 1958" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_shermans-right-wing1
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_shermans-right-wing1
- 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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