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Location:
N 34º 34.773 W 084 º 51.769
Pine Chapel Road
Gordon County, Georgia
McClure’s Ferry
May 16, 1864 Major Gen. Jospeh Hooker (20th A.C.), moving E. from Resaca, with orders to cross at Newtown Fy., elected to usurp the crossing at McClure’s thereby forcing Schofield’s 23rd A.C. to proceed E. to Field’s Mill & Ferry. Williams (1st) & Geary’s (2nd) divs. crossed at night on a temporary bridge. To hasten progress Butterfield’s (3rd) div. moved on to Field’s complicating affairs by getting there ahead of Schofield. The 23d QA.C with Stoneman’s and McCooks’s Cavalry constituted the left wing of Sherman’s advance S. from Resaca.
Date Visited and/or Photographed: 4/11/08
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