Hardee’s Detour Marker

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Jonesboro in Clayton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Hardee’s Detour

By David Seibert, April 12, 2009

1. Hardee’s Detour Marker

Inscription. Aug. 31, 1864. The night march of Hardee’s A. C. (followed by Anderson’s div. of S. D. Lee’s) [CS] from East Point & Rough and Ready to Jonesboro, was not without incident. About 3 A. M. the head of Brown’s column encountered Federal pickets at the bridge near John Chamber’s Mill.

Rather than risk a night battle, the columns detoured on a field road eastward & entered Jonesboro on the Morrow’s Station road which parallels the R. R. This caused considerable delay; it was well into the forenoon before Hardee’s A. C. & Anderson’s div. were in the embattled lines at Jonesboro where the 1st of the two battles was fought that afternoon.

Erected 1956 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 031-10.)

Location. 33° 33.317′ N, 84° 22.22′ W. Marker is in Jonesboro, Georgia, in Clayton County. Marker is at the intersection of Tara Boulevard (U.S. 41) and Battle Creek Parkway, on the right when traveling north on Tara Boulevard. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jonesboro GA 30236, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Site of McPeak House (approx. 1.3 miles away); Gen. S. D. Lee's Corps (approx. 1.4 miles away); Battle of Jonesboro The First Day (approx. 1.6 miles away); The March to the Sea (approx. 1.6 miles away); Attack by Lee's Corps (approx. 1.8 miles away); Battle of Jonesboro The Second Day (approx. 1.8 miles away); Hardee’s Corps at Jonesboro (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Warren House (approx. 1.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Jonesboro.

By David Seibert, April 12, 2009

2. Hardee’s Detour Marker

View is looking north on Tara Boulevard; the traffic light is at Battle Creek Road.

Credits. This page originally submitted on April 21, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 481 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 21, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.