Rocky Comfort Creek

When Sherman's left wing marched toward Louisville in November 1864, Wheeler's Confederate cavalry had torched the bridge over this creek, so Indiana pontooneers quickly spanned it to keep the Union columns moving.

Rocky Comfort Creek is a historical marker in Louisville, Jefferson County, erected in 1957. It is one of 23 historical markers documented in Jefferson County, among 122 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.9955, -82.4213 near Louisville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Crossing the Ogeechee River (historical marker), about 0.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include Old Market, Nancy Hart Highway, and Louisville, Georgia.

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