- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- The 20th Corps historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1958
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Jefferson County
Sherman's March to the Sea
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Jefferson County, Wadley, 32.86682, -82.40402
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: At the intersection of Bus. U.S. 1 and U.S. 319, Wadley
Text of marker: "THE 20TH CORPS. On Nov. 29, 1864, Jackson's and Geary's divisions, 20th Corps (Williams), of Gen. Sherman's army, destroyed the railroad from Spier's Turnout (Bartow), No. 11, CRR, through Bethany (Wadley), No. 10 1/2, CRR, to the Ogeechee River. Next morning, both the railway and wagon bridges east of Bethany having been burned by the Confederate defenders, Jackson and Geary marched up the west bank and crossed the Ogeechee River at Cowart's bridge, 2.5 miles S.E. of Louisville, then turned east to Eden Church, on Big Creek, where they rejoined Ward's division and the corps trains which had moved on the direct road through Davisboro and Louisville. 081-14 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1958" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_the-20th-corps
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_the-20th-corps
- 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:
-
