Historical Marker

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

Shallowford Rd. just north of I-285 Frontage Road ยท DeKalb

Georgia marker

Inscription

LOGAN'S & BLAIR'S CAMP NANCY'S CREEK. July 17, 1864. Dodge's 16th A.C., together with Logan's 15th and Blair's 17th [USA], having left Roswell by Shallow Ford Rd. enroute to Decatur, diverged from the column at the road-fork 2.5 mi. N. W. & moved toward 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. 044-3 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1984

Location

AddressShallowford Rd. just north of I-285 Frontage Road
CountyDeKalb
StateGeorgia

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