- Federals at Barnesville State
Historical Marker
- Located at intersection of Grove and Akins streets,
just off Atlanta St. (U.S. 41), Barnesville, Ga.
(Text)
- FEDERALS AT BARNESVILLE
As Wilson's Federal Cavalry moved
toward Macon, near this spot on Wednesday, April 19, 1865, some
of them attacked a small Confederate force, "The Dixie Rangers."
Greatly outnumbered, "The Rangers" fought with gallantry,
gradually withdrawing from the field. A detachment from the Federal
4th Indiana Cavalry captured the flag of "The Rangers"
in this skirmish. Federal soldiers were again in Barnesville
on May 5, 1865, when troops from the First Division, Wilson's
Federal Cavalry, in pursuit of Jefferson Davis, camped here that
night.
- 085-3 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1957
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