Army of the Tennessee at Roswell

In July 1864, McPherson's Army of the Tennessee marched roughly 30 miles to cross the Chattahoochee at Roswell, a flanking move that set up the Federal advance on Atlanta from the northeast.

Army of the Tennessee at Roswell is a historical marker in Roswell, Fulton County, erected in 1954. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.0057, -84.3487 near Roswell. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lynching in America / Lynching of Mack Henry Brown (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Roberts, Isaac, House, McPherson’s Troops at Shallow Ford, and Garrard’s Cav. & Newton’s Division.

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