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

Jonesboro Threatened

 
 
Jonesboro Threatened Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, April 12, 2009
1. Jonesboro Threatened Marker
Inscription. August 30, 1864. On receipt of Hardee’s report from Rough and Ready of Federal threats to the M. & W. R. R., at Jonesboro, Hood directed Hardee & S. D. Lee [CS] to come to headquarters. The locomotive N. C. MONROE was sent for them at sunset: Hardee at Rough and Ready, Lee at East Point. On reaching Atlanta, Hardee was directed by Hood to march two corps -- his own, under Cleburne, from near Rough and Ready, & Lee’s from East Point -- to Jonesboro.

This was an endeavor to checkmate the Federal threat to Atlanta’s last R. R. Hardee arrived by rail at Jonesboro before dawn the 31st, in advance of his marching soldiery.
 
Erected 1956 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 031-4.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1864.
 
Location. 33° 38.748′ N, 84° 23.418′ W. Marker is in Mountain View, Georgia, in Clayton County. Marker is on Old Dixie Highway (U.S. 41 at milepost 16), 0.1 miles north of Conley Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Atlanta GA 30354, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Rough and Ready (here, next to this marker); Rough and Ready Tavern
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(a few steps from this marker); Transfer Point (a few steps from this marker); Chick-fil-A (approx. 1.1 miles away); Hapeville, Georgia (approx. 1.4 miles away); Historic Christ Church, Hapeville (approx. 1˝ miles away); Delta Air Lines (approx. 1.8 miles away); Mt. Zion Methodist Church (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mountain View.
 
More about this marker. Marker is .1 mile south of the Fulton County line.
 
Additional commentary.
1. Four Markers Missing?
While trying to look on Google streetview (as of Nov 2016) of this alignment of many markers along U.S. 41, I was unable to see any of them. Can anyone please verify these markers still are here?
    — Submitted March 2, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
 
Jonesboro Threatened Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, April 12, 2009
2. Jonesboro Threatened Marker
Rough and Ready Tavern marker is visible in the background, looking north on Old Dixie Highway.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 2, 2017. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,442 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 27, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.

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