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From Lee and Gordon's Mills, McPherson's Army of the Tennessee set out in May 1864 on Sherman's flanking march toward Resaca, opening the Atlanta Campaign. Federal patrols had policed the area since the Confederate retreat after Chattanooga.
Start of the Atlanta Campaign is a historical marker in Chickamauga, Walker County. It is one of 72 historical markers documented in Walker County, among 163 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.8834, -85.2672 near Chickamauga. The nearest cataloged historic site is Medal of Honor Heritage Trail (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lee and Gordon Mill, Lee & Gordon's Mills, and Lee and Gordon's Mill.
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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