- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Site: Hardy Pace's Res. Howard's Headquarters historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Cobb County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Vinings, 33.86483, -84.46437
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located at the house on Paces Mill Road, Vinings
Text of marker: "SITE: HARDY PACE'S RES. HOWARD'S HEADQUARTERS. Hardy Pace (1785-1864), operated the Chattahoochee River ferry at site of bridge where Pace's Ferry Rd. crosses. Federal forces occupied Vining's Station, July 5-17, 1864, while preparing to cross at Pace's & Power's for the move on Atlanta. Gen. O. O. Howard, 4th A. C., had headquarters at the Pace res., July 5-10. Vining's temporary terminal of the R. R., was the subsistence & ammunition dump of the Federal army during the siege & capture of Atlanta. Wounded from the Atlanta front were sent to Vining's where the Pace house was used as a hospital later, destroyed by fire. 033-84 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_site-hardy-paces-res.-howards-headquarters
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_site-hardy-paces-res
- 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:
-
