- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Sherman's Right Wing historical marker
- Creator:
- Jackson, Edwin L.
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Washington County
Sherman's March to the Sea - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Washington County, Oconee, 32.85543, -82.94987
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: intersection of Ga. 68 and Ga. 272, 4 miles S.E. of Oconee
Text of marker: "SHERMAN'S RIGHT WING. On Nov. 26, 1864, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman's army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, crossed the Oconee River at Ball's Ferry (0.4 mi. N. of Ga. 57). The 17th Corps (Blair), after completing its crossing, massed near this road fork and camped for the night. Next morning, Blair sent Leggett's division to Oconee (old Station No. 14, CRR), 4 mi. N.W. to destroy the railroad to "a point near Irwin's Cross-Roads," 5 mi. N.E. From this point, Rice's and Hurlbut's brigades, 15th Corps, completed the destruction of the railroad as far as Tennille (No. 13, CRR). 150-12 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1957" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_shermans-right-wing3
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_shermans-right-wing3
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
