20th Corps State Historical
Marker
Located at the intersection of Bus. U.S.
1 and U.S. 319, Wadley , Ga.
(Text)
THE 20TH CORPS
On Nov. 29, 1864, Jackson's
and Geary's divisions, 20th Corps (Williams), of Gen. Sherman's
army, destroyed the railroad from Spier's Turnout (Bartow), No.
11, CRR, through Bethany (Wadley), No. 10 1/2, CRR, to the Ogeechee
River. next morning, both the railway and wagon bridges east
of Bethany having been burned by the Confederate defenders, Jackosn
and Geary marched up the west bank and crossed the Ogeechee River
at Cowart's bridge, 2.5 miles SE of Louisville, then turned east
to Eden Church, on Big Creek, where they rejoined Ward's division
and the corps trains which had moved on the direct road through
Davisboro and Louisville.
081-14 GEORGIA
HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1958
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