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The antebellum farmhouse of the Long family marked the crossroads where Gen. David Stanley's Federal 4th Corps deployed on August 30, 1864, driving off Confederate cavalry as Sherman's armies swung southeast to sever Atlanta's last railroad.
Site: Marcus Long House is a historical marker in Riverdale, Clayton County, erected in 1988. It is one of 48 historical markers documented in Clayton County, among 75 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.6024, -84.4305 near Riverdale. The nearest cataloged historic site is Baird’s Div., 14th A.C. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Marcus Long Crossroads, Site: The Mann House, and Site: Shoal Cr. Church.
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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