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- THE 4TH CORPS AT VINING'S
STATION
June 5, 1864. When Johnston's army
[CS] withdrew from Smyrna to the river, Howard's 4th A. C.,
and Baird's div. (14th A.C.), [US] via highway and R. R. occupied
Vining's. Baird's troops kept on down the R. R. until halted
by Johnston's River Line. 4th A.C. troops pursued the Confederate
wagontrains, escorted by Wheeler's Cav., toward the pontoon bridge
at Pace's Ferry where they crossed the river. Morgan's 7th Ind.
Battery [US] shelled the column from Vining's Hill.
Also, from this eminence, Generals
Sherman, Thomas and Baird, had their first view of Atlanta, across
the Chattahoochee, 9.5 mi. S. E.
033-83 GEORGIA HISTORIC
MARKER 1988
© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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