McPherson’s Troops at Shallow Ford

At this old crossing of the Chattahoochee, Union troops forded the river in July 1864. From here McPherson's Army of the Tennessee began its swing east toward Decatur in Sherman's advance on Atlanta.

McPherson’s Troops at Shallow Ford 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 34.0048, -84.3529 near Roswell. The nearest cataloged historic site is Garrard’s Cav. & Newton’s Division (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Roberts, Isaac, House, Lynching in America / Lynching of Mack Henry Brown, and Army of the Tennessee at Roswell.

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