Toward the River
During the 5 days when Army of the Tennessee headquarters were here, the troops of the 15th & 17th A. C. [US] were posted on a ridge just W. of Nickajack Creek, facing the left of Johnston’s River Line. (July 5-9, 1864).
16th A. C. [US] troops were sent to Howell’s, Baker’s & Sandtown ferries, below Nickajack Cr., where demonstrations were made as if crossings at those points were intended.
Johnston’s formidable River Line [CS] forbade a frontal attack by the outnumbering Federals; only by feinting on the right & thrusting on the left (up river at Soap Creek), were the Federals able to pass the Chattahoochee.
Marker is on Mableton Parkway (Georgia Route 139) 0.1 miles north of Old Gordon Road, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
