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- THE 23D CORPS AT SOAP
CREEK
July 8, 1864. The first passage
of the Chattahoochee River by Federal forces was made at mouth
of Soap Creek by Cox's division, 23d A.C. [US]. Cameron's brigade
crossed creek at the dam and passing the blackened ruins of the
Paper Mills, scaled the high ridge east. Wading the river at
a fish-dam, Cameron moved south to support a contingent crossing
in pontoons at mouth of creek.
A Confederate cavalry outpost and
field-piece were captured. This Federal crossing forced Johnston
to abandon his River Line at and below Bolton; he withdrew to
the Fulton County side of the Chattahoochee River, July 9.
033-92 GEORGIA HISTORIC
MARKER 1992
© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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