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On July 5, 1864, Gresham’s 4th division on this road and Leggett’s 3d division of the 17th A. C., with Stoneman’s cavalry [US] on Howell’s Ferry Road south of it, drove the Georgia Militia and Ross’ cavalry east across Nickajack Creek, where they occupied the left of Johnston’s River Line. Gresham’s division, astride this road, and Leggett’s division on the right, cast up a line on this ridge facing Johnston’s line across Nickajack Creek. On July 7, Logan’s 15th A. C. was brought up and prolonged Gresham’s line north on High Ridge. These forces, together with 16th A. C. [US] troops downriver, threatened to cross, while actual crossings were made above the State Railroad bridge.
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Mableton, Georgia · United States
