The Errant Pontoon Bridge: Pace's Ferry

As Johnston retreated in July 1864, Confederates cut loose a pontoon bridge at Pace's Ferry hoping it would float to safety, but Federal fire stranded it on the Union bank, where Howard's troops seized it.

The Errant Pontoon Bridge: Pace's Ferry is a historical marker in Vinings, Cobb County, erected in 1988. It is one of 152 historical markers documented in Cobb County, among 377 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.8593, -84.4555 near Vinings. The nearest cataloged historic site is The 14th & 20th A.C. Cross at Pace's Ferry (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The 14th & 20th A.C. Cross at Pace’s Ferry, Site: Hardy Pace’s Res. Howard’s Headquarters, and The 4th Corps Posted Along the River.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.