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Robert McAfee House

Location:Bells Ferry Road at Piedmont Road
LATITUDE34.0141670937
LONGITUDE-84.5484941059
County:Cobb

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ROBERT McAFEE HOUSE

After the seizure of Big Shanty (Kennesaw) by Sherman`s forces, June 9, 1864, Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard`s cav. div. [US] was posted on the left flank during operations on the Kennesaw Mountain front.

Garrard`s cav. guarded Noonday Creek valley from Woodstock to the left of the 17th A. C. (in the rugged Brushy Mtn. area), with patrols on the Canton, Bell`s Ferry & Alabama roads. Daily conflict with his opponent -- Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler`s Cavalry [CS] -- marked the period from June 11 to July 3.

The Robert McAfee house was Garrard`s h`dq`rs, during a portion of this period.

033-48 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954


       
 

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