- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- The Hargrove House 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, 33.94147, -84.57667
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Cemetery at 2500 Windy Hill Rd. between U.S. 41 and I-75
Text of marker: "THE HARGROVE HOUSE. Ante-bellum residence of Asbury Hargrove 1809-1879. Headquarters of Brig. Gen. Edward M. McCook, July 6 - 15, 1864. McCook's (1st) div. (Dorr's & Lamson's brigades), Elliott's Cav. Corps (Army of the Cumberland) [US], was posted here to patrol the Chattahoochee between Rottenwood Cr. (S.) & Roswell (N.). McCook's horsemen served as a screen, behind which the 23d & 4th Corps moved to crossings at the mouth of Soap Cr. & at Powers Fy. July 15. McCook's cav. left Hargrove's to patrol the river, on the Cobb Co. side, above & below the State R. R. (at Bolton) until the 22d. 033-88 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_the-hargrove-house
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_the-hargrove-house
- 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:
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