The 20th Corps Marker

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Wadley in Jefferson County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

The 20th Corps

By Mike Stroud, July 12, 2009

1. The 20th Corps Marker

Inscription. On Nov. 29, 1864, Jackson`s and Geary's divisions, 20th Corps (Williams), of Gen. Sherman's army, destroyed the railroad from Spier's Turnout (Bartow), No. 11, CRR, through Bethany (Wadley), No. 10 1/2, CRR, to the Ogeechee River. next morning, both the railway and wagon bridges east of Bethany having been burned by the Confederate defenders, Jackson and Geary marched up the west bank and crossed the Ogeechee River at Cowart's Bridge, 2.5 miles SE of Louisville, then turned east to Eden Church, on Big Creek, where they rejoined Ward`s division and the corps trains which had moved on the direct road through Davisboro and Louisville.

Erected 1958 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 081-14.)

Location. 32° 51.993′ N, 82° 24.285′ W. Marker is in Wadley, Georgia, in Jefferson County. Marker is on North Main Street (U.S. 1) near U.S. 319, on the left when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wadley GA 30477, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. General Wood's Fort (approx. 2.5 miles away); Spier's Turnout (approx. 4.1 miles away); Site of Fort Wood (approx. 4.1 miles away); Old Savannah Road (approx. 4.3 miles away); Old Town Plantation (approx. 6.4 miles away); Old Sunbury Road (approx. 6.9 miles away); a different marker also named Old Sunbury Road (approx. 7.3 miles away); "Yazoo Fraud" (approx. 9.1 miles away).