On July 4, 1864, Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair’s 17th A. C. of McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee and Stoneman’s cavalry moved east from Sandtown Road along the old Turner’s Ferry Road to outflank Johnston’s Smyrna–Ruff’s Mill line. Encountering the Georgia Militia under Maj. Gen. Gustavus Smith and Gen. L. S. Ross’ cavalry, the Federals drove them eastward 1.25 miles. Blair’s troops entrenched here for the night. This action coincided with assaults by the 4th and 16th A. C. on Johnston’s line at Smyrna and at Ruff’s Mill, some four miles northeast on the old Concord Road.