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Describes the desperate phase when McCook's defeated troopers tried to break free and race north for the safety of the Chattahoochee River, scattering through the woods around Brown's Mill as Wheeler's Confederates closed in on July 30, 1864.
The Battle of Brown's Mill: Ride for the River is a historical marker in Newnan, Coweta County, erected in 2013. It is one of 23 historical markers documented in Coweta County, among 128 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.3348, -84.8393 near Newnan. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Battle of Brown's Mill: Detour to Battle (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Wheeler's Pursuit, The Battle of Brown's Mill: Aftermath, and McCook's Raid.
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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