Site: Robertson House
May 24, 25, 1964. Lt. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee [CS] maintained h’dq’rs here during operations of his command in this sector, incident to finding the position of McPherson’s Army of the Tenn. (rt. wing. Sherman’s forces [US]).
On the 24th, uncertain of where McPherson would place his troops, Hardee extended Johnston’s [CS] left S. E. to Powder Springs, only to be recalled on the 25th when McPherson’s seizure & occupation of Dallas became known. Cleburne’s div. of the corps [CS], passed the house enroute to Powder Springs & the return march N. to New Hope Ch. & battlefield of Pickett’s Mill.
Marker is at the intersection of Charles Hardy Parkway (Georgia Route 120) and Bobo Road, on the right when traveling south on Charles Hardy Parkway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
