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By Mark Hilton, October 5, 2013
Battle Of Girard Marker
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1 Alabama, Russell County, Phenix City — Before The Battle / Battle Of Girard
(obverse) Before The Battle All day that Easter Sunday the Confederate forces commanded by Col. Leon von Zinken awaited the Union Army they knew was on the way from Tuskegee. Lacking the men needed to hold it, they were forced to . . . Map (db m69058) HM
2 Alabama, Russell County, Phenix City — Confederates Set Fire To Lower Bridge
Early in the afternoon of April 16, 1865 the first major act in the Battle of Girard-Columbus took place. Union General Emory Upton sent the First Ohio cavalry charging down old Crawford Road to capture the Dillingham Bridge, then known as the lower . . . Map (db m69060) HM
3 Alabama, Russell County, Phenix City — Union Night Attack Down Summerville Road
Confederate Captain Nat Clanton's battery sat astride Summerville Road on April 16, 1865 when Union forces launched a three-fisted night attack from northwest of this position. Elements of the Third and Fourth Iowa and the Tenth Missouri all passed . . . Map (db m69069) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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Apr. 26, 2024