Advance of 17th A.C. Toward the River

ADVANCE OF 17TH A.C. TOWARD THE RIVER. July 4, 1864. Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair's 17th A. C. of McPherson's Army of the Tennessee & Stoneman's cavalry [US], moved from Sandtown rd. E. of this, the old Turner's Ferry rd. to outflank Johnston's Smyrna - Ruff's Mill line [CS]. Encountering the Georgia Militia, under Maj. Gen. Gustavus Smith & Gen. L. S. Ross' cavalry, the Federals drove them eastward 1.

25 miles. Blair's troops intrenched here for the night. This action was coincident with 4th & 16th A. C. assaults on Johnston's line at Smyrna & at Ruff's Mill, some four miles N.E. on the old Concord Road. 033-69 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954