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Cleburne's Div. at Flint River Bridge Historical Marker
- Cleburne's Division at Flint River
Bridge State Historical Marker
- Located on Flint River Rd.
at Roberts Rd. just east of Flint River
(Text)
CLEBURNE'S DIV. AT FLINT
RIVER BRIDGE
Aug. 31, 1864. Kilpatrick's cav.
[US], posted here to guard the rt. Flank of Howard's forces astride
Fairburn Rd. (1 mi. N.), rebuilt the burned bridge & 5 regts.
(dismounted) with 4 artillery pieces were barricaded on this
side of Flint river. At 3:30 P. M., the 4 brigades of Cleburne's
div. (under Lowrey), Hardee's A. C. [CS], moving N. W. to attack
the right of Logan's 15th A. C. upstream, were assailed by forces
at the barricades.
Lowrey's brigades changed front & not only drove Kilpatrick's
men across the Flint, but followed them to the other side --
a diversion that disrupted a concerted attack on Logan.
031-28 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1958
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