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By David Seibert, June 7, 2011
Sylvan Grove Marker
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| | Late on Nov. 26, 1864, Kilpatrick’s cavalry division [US], which was covering the left of Gen. Sherman’s army on its March to the Sea, camped at Sylvan Grove. Murray’s brigade covered the rear. At 2:00 A.M., the outpost (8th Indiana Cavalry) was . . . — — Map (db m43490) HM |
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Site of Camp Lawton
A Confederate military prison built in 1864 to relieve the overcrowded condition at Andersonville Prison in Macon County. Lawton Prison was a stockade, enclosing 42 acres. 1398 feet by 1329 feet considered to be the largest . . . — — Map (db m114323) HM |
| | On Nov. 28, 1864, the 3rd Cavalry Division Union, Brig. Gen. J. L. Kilpatrick, USA, was driven south from Waynesboro by the Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee Confederate, Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, CSA. Retreating under constant harassment by . . . — — Map (db m169039) HM |
Jun. 17, 2024