Logan's & Blair's Camp Nancy's Creek

July 17, 1864. Dodge's 16th A.C., together with Logan's 15th & Blair's 17th (US), having left Roswell by Shallow Ford Rd. enroute to Decatur, diverged from the column at the road - fork 2.5 mi. N.W. & moved towards Old Cross Keys. Logan & Blair came this way from the road-fork & camped here on N. bank of Nancy's Cr. Garrard's cav. was E.-his left at Buchanan's (Hightower Trail & Buford Highway).

Thus, the entire Federal army (consisting of seven corps) was posted along the creek in a concave line from Pace's Ferry (Chattahoochee River) to the Hightower Trail.

Marker is on North Shallowford Road 0.1 miles north of Cotillion, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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