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On Saturday, November 19, 1864, Federal troops under Gen. Geary of Sherman’s 20th Army Corps drove a small detachment of Confederate soldiers out of Buckhead, ate dinner, and then destroyed the water tank, all railroad buildings, and a large supply of cordwood. Moving out of Buckhead, the Federals destroyed the railroad to the Oconee River, where they burned the bridge and railroad supplies. They also destroyed gins and mills, 330 bales of cotton, and 50,000 bushels of corn. That night they camped at Blue Springs, now Swords, on the plantation of Col. Lee Jordan.
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Buckhead, Georgia · United States
