Year Erected: 1957

Marker Text: On Nov. 17, 1864, Kilpatrick’s cavalry division (US), which was covering the right flank of Gen. Sherman’s army on its March to the Sea, moved from Bear Creek Station (Hampton) 31 miles northwest, down the north bank of Towaliga River to threaten Griffin and Forsyth. This threat caused the Towaliga bridges to be burned by Wheeler’s cavalry (CS) to protect those towns and the large Confederate hospital centers there. A skirmish at this bridge marked the most southerly point west of the Ocmulgee River reached by US forces during this campaign.