Year Erected: 1957
Marker Text: On November 14, 1864, the third cavalry of Gen. Sherman's Military Division of the Mississippi (US), Brig. Gen. Judson L. Kilpatrick, USA, 5500 men and 6 guns, marched from Marietta via Mayson-Turner ferry (Bankhead Highway bridge) and bivouacked 4 miles SW of Atlanta on the Newman Stage Road (Hardee Avenue in Fort McPherson). Kilpatrick's division had been selected by Gen. Sherman as the cavalry component of a reduced field force with which he was about to move through Georgia to the sea.
On the 15th, the Right Wing of Gen. Sherman's army, Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, USA, marched from bivouac areas near White Hall (West End) in two columns. The 15th Corps, Maj. Gen. P. J. Osterhaus, USA, moved via Old Jonesboro Road (Langston Ave - Perkerson Rd. - Stewart Ave. - Old Jonesboro Rd) toward Jonesboro. The 17th Corps, Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair, USA, moved via McDonough Road (Capitol Ave. - McDonough Blvd. - U.S. 23) toward Stockbridge.
Kilpatrick marched at dawn, covering Howard's right flank. He moved past East Point, turned south along Flint River, and attacked Iverson's smaller cavalry division (CS), driving it through Jonesboro and toward Lovejoy's Station, 6 miles to the south.
Tips for Finding This Marker: In the traffic circle at the intersection of Cobb Dr. and Hardee Ave at Fort McPherson in Atlanta.
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