Historic Redwine
Co. D, 27th Ga. Inf., Colquitt’s Brig., CSA, organized here in early 1861, fought at Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Seven Days Battles. At South Mtn., Md., Sept. 14, 1862, against great odds, men of this Co. withstood four attacks by a heavy force of Federals, in a great display of bravery. Later, they fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Charleston. At Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864, they helped drive the Federals from Fla. Until Lee’s arrival, they helped hold in check Grant’s army at Petersburg, Va. They fought last at Bentonville, N.C., and surrendered at Durham, N.C., Apr. 26, 1865.
Marker is on Poplar Springs Road (Georgia Route 332) ¼ mile east of Atlanta Highway (Georgia Route 13), on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
