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Marching toward Buckhead on July 18, 1864, Howard's Fourth Corps found the bridge here burned and Confederate cavalry posted on the far ridge; Federal artillery covered a skirmish crossing that scattered the defenders and opened the road south.
Howard’s Corps at Nancy’s Creek is a historical marker in Atlanta, 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 33.8681, -84.3930 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Williams' Ky. Cavalry at Nancy's Creek (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Meredith, Kenneth and Hazel, House, Conklin, Daniel E., House, and Fulton County Almshouse.
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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