March and Counter-March
Inscription
Fielder Rd. about 1/2 mile north of I-675 junction text of marker: "MARCH AND COUNTER-MARCH. Sept. 1, 1864. Gen. S. D. Lee's A. C., withdrawn from Jonesboro after the battle Aug. 31, camped in this vicinity enroute northward via the McDonough Rd., to aid Stewart's A. C. [CS] in Atlanta if attacked by Federals at East Point.
Learning of Hardee's defeat at Jonesboro the 31st, Hood abandoned Atlanta; Stewart & the militia moved out the McDonough Rd. night of Sept. 1. Sept. 2. Lee, his march resumed, met Stewart & the militia coming southward - the former to Lovejoy's - the latter to Griffin. To cover this withdrawal, Lee continued his march northward until halted at South River, six miles from Atlanta, countermarching to Lovejoy's Sept. 3.
031-12 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
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