Garrard's Cavalry at Stone Mtn. Depot
July 18, 1864. Garrard’s cav. div. & Lightburn’s 15th A.C. (US) brigade moved from Browning’s Court House (TUCKER), to this vicinity & destroyed 2 miles of Ga. R.R. track, several culverts, & the water tank.
July 19. Long’s & Miller’s brigades, Garrard’s cav. again struck the R.R. & destroyed quartermaster & commissary stores, 200 bales of cotton & additional trackage.
Dibrell’s brigade, Kelly’s div., Wheeler’s cav. corps made all possible defense efforts, both days, to prevent the destruction of Alanta’s eastern line of communication.
Marker is at the intersection of James B Rivers Memorial Drive and Silver Hill Road on James B Rivers Memorial Drive.
Courtesy hmdb.org
