Raccoon Creek
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RACCOON CREEK. Geary's (2d) Div., 20th A.C. [USA] having crossed the Etowah, May 23, drove Ross' cavalry [CSA] beyond the creek, May 24, 1864. This covered the march of the rest of the corps S. to Burnt Hickory P.O., in which Geary's troops joined - being relieved here by Schofield's 23d A.C. [USA] at noon.
Schofield moved E. on this, the Alabama rd., enroute to Sligh's Mill - these troops being the left of Sherman's [USA] flanking March around the Allatoona Mountains. The 20th A.C. route to Hickory was the road next W. of Raccoon Creek. 008-25 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953
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