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On July 19, 1864, Dodge's 16th A.C., having camped on N. Fork Peachtree Cr., moved south on old Shallowford Rd. to this point, where it joined Schofield's 23d, which had marched southeast from Goodwin's Crossing (Brookhaven) along roads now designated Briarwood and N. Druid Hills. Because the 23d occupied the road, Dodge cut a parallel route to reach Decatur, crossing S. Fork, Peachtree Cr., at Mason's Mill, present site of the Decatur Water Works. South of the creek, the skirmishers of both corps were assailed by Wheeler's cav. (CS) as they moved toward the Decatur Public Square.
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