Launched August 18, 1864, Gen. Kilpatrick's 4,500 Union cavalrymen wrecked the railroad feeding Atlanta. Surrounded near Nash Farm, they broke free in a dramatic saber charge straight over Ross's Texans before escaping to Sherman's lines.
Kilpatrick's Raid
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Kilpatrick's Raid is a historical marker in Hampton, Henry County. It is one of 17 historical markers documented in Henry County, among 84 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.4593, -84.2912 near Hampton. The nearest cataloged historic site is The "Right Flank" on the McDonough Road (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Locomotive Bell from the Nancy Hanks, "The Old Bronze Gentleman of Lovejoy's Station", and Kilpatrick's Raid at the Nash Farm.
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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