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- 16TH A.C. TO ROSWELL
July 4, 1864. Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair's
17th A. C. of McPherson's Army of the Tennessee & Stoneman's
cavalry [US], moved from Sandtown rd. E. of this, the old Turner's
Ferry rd. to outflank Johnston's Smyrna - Ruff's Mill line [CS].
Encountering the Georgia Militia,
under Maj. Gen. Gustavus Smith & Gen. L. S. Ross' cavalry,
the Federals drove them eastward 1.25 miles. Blair's troops intrenched
here for the night. This action was coincident with 4th &
16th A. C. assaults on Johnston's line at Smyrna & at Ruff's
Mill, some four miles N.E. on the old Concord Road.
033-69 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1954
© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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