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FEDERALS HALTED BY
JOHNSTON'S
RIVER LINE
July 5, 1864. Gresham's 4th div.,
on this rd. and Leggett's 3d (17 A. C.), with Stoneman's cav.
[US] on Howell's Fy. Rd. S. of it, drove the Ga. Militia and
Ross' cav. E. across Nickajack Dr. where they occupied the left
of Johnston's River Line.
Gresham's div., astride this rd.
and Leggett's div. on the right, cast up a line on this ridge,
facing Johnston's line across Nickajack Cr.
July 7. Logan's 15th A. C. was
brought up and prolonged Greshman's line N. on High Ridge. These
and 16th A. C. [US] troops down river, threatened to cross, while
actual crossings were made above the State R. R. bridge.
033-71 GEORGIA HISTORIC
MARKER 1987
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