- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- The March to Soap Creek 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: Concord Rd. at Hicks Rd.
Text of marker: "THE MARCH TO SOAP CREEK. Schofield's 23d A. C. [US] marked time in this vicinity while McPherson's Army of the Tenn. [US] made demonstrations at Chattahoochee ferries below Johnston's River Line [CS] - indicating, falsely, that crossings would be made there while actual passages upstream were planned. July 6, 1864. The 23d A. C. began its march to upper reaches of the river by moving E. on this, the old Concord Road via the battlefields of Ruff's Mill & Smyrna, to the mouth of Soap Creek, 11 miles N. E. Passage of the river there, July 8, forced Johnston to evacuate his River Line, July 9. 033-73 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_the-march-to-soap-creek
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_the-march-to-soap-creek
- 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:
-
