- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Site: Blake's Mill historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--DeKalb County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Shallowford Rd. just southeast of I-85 interchange
Text of marker: "SITE: BLAKE'S MILL. N. Fork Peachtree Creek. West of the road was the ante-bellum structure of a mill owned and operated by John Blake (1798-1854). July 18, 1864. Blair's 17th A.C. of McPherson's Army of the Tennessee [USA], enroute from Roswell to Decatur, camped here where both McPherson and Blair had h'dq'rs. Dodge's 16th camped 1 mi. N. on Rainey plantation where some of Sweeny's men fought a sham battle using green apples for bullets. Logan's 15th A.C. detoured 1.5 mi. N. to join Garrard's cavalry at Browning's Court House (now Tucker) .4 mi. E. of here - a move that began the destruction of the Georgia R.R. at Stone Mountain. 044-11 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1986" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_site-blakes-mill
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_site-blakes-mill
- 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:
-
