United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641Seibert, David, 1941-20201996/2014Location: Shallowford Rd. just southeast of I-85 interchangeText 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"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--DeKalb CountyUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--CampaignsSite: Blake's Mill historical markerStillImage