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- FEDERAL RIGHT WING
The rt. wing of the Army of the
Cumberland, 14th & 20th A.C., was also the rt. of Sherman's
forces moving on Atlanta from the N. & E.
The 14th & 20th, having crossed
the river at Pace's Fy., July 17, 1864, moved E. to this intersection
with Mt. Paran & Ridgewood roads. The 20th A.C. went into
camp that night 21 mi. N.E. on Mt. Paran. The 14th, camped on
the ridge s. of this point --both corps facing the valley of
Nancy's Creek to the Eastward.
July 18. Two 20th A.C. regts. (13th
N.J & 82d Ohio) were sent N.e. in support of Howard's 4th
A.C. on Power's Fy. Rd., at its passage of Nancy's Creek, enroute
to Buckhead.
060-25B GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1956
© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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