Marching toward the capital, Sherman's 14th Corps camped here on November 22, 1864. Learning the plantation belonged to Confederate general Howell Cobb, Sherman ordered it burned that night.
Cobb's Quarter, Sherman's Campsite
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Cobb's Quarter, Sherman's Campsite is a historical marker in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, erected in 1956. It is one of 49 historical markers documented in Baldwin County, among 113 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.1210, -83.3846 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Howell Cobb Plantation (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Humphries Cemetery, Stiles Cemetery, and Fishing Creek Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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