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- SMYRNA - RUFF'S MILL
CONFEDERATE LINE
July 3, 1864. Johnston's army,
retreating from Kennesaw, took position in a double line of breastworks,
prepared in advance, along this rd. -- the right, E. of the State
R.R.; the left at Nickajack Cr., S. of Ruff's Mill. From right
to left were: Lorings [sic], Hardee's & Hood's corps [CS].
July 4. Federal forces attacked
both ends of line: at Smyrna & near Ruff's Mill. Johnston
withdrew S. to the Chattahoochee that night.
July 6. Schofield's 23 A.C. [US]
marched from Sandtown Rd. via this rd., to the mouth of Soap
Cr., where his passage of the river there, caused Johnston's
retreat to the Fulton County side.
033-76 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1954
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