Big Spring
May 17, 1864: Butterfield's (3d) div., 20th A.C [US], marched this way from Field’s Mill, Coosawattee River, enroute to Kingston & camped at the Smith farm 2 ½ miles N. of Mosteller’s Mills.
May 18: Schofield's 23d A.C [US], marching from Field’s, reached vicinity at 2 A.M. Cox's 3d div. camped at this cross-roads until 5 A.M., & via Sonora, moved to Mosteller's. Hovey’s 1st and Judah’s 2d divs. camped at Big Spring (at other and of Dew’s Lake) and by evening reached Mosteller’s.
These troops formed the left flank of Federal forces enroute to Etowah River.
Marker is on Dews Pond Road (Georgia Route 373) 0 miles west of Cash Road, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
