Schofield's 23d Corps in Crow Valley
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SCHOFIELD'S 23D CORPS IN CROW VALLEY. May 9, 1864. Two divs., 23d A.C., having deployed abreast between the Burke & Harris houses moved S. astride this wooded ridge in the fork of Crow Creek. This move was made in conjunction with 4th A.C. troops on the summit & eastern slope of Rocky Face Ridge, together with pressure by the 14th A.C. at Mill Creek Gap from the W. Schofield's troops pressed S. of this point until halted by Stevenson's & Hindman's divs.
(aligned across the valley), & the artillery fire from Potato Hill (Picket Top), the high point to the S.E. 155-22 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
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