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| Tango01 | 07 Feb 2020 10:29 p.m. PST |
… moment during Atlanta Campaign, but it was his subordinates who shined the most. "At a busy intersection in Loganville, Ga., across from a CVS, Walgreens and Tire Dock, stands an historical marker that recalls a bright spot during Federal cavalry operations in the Atlanta Campaign. On July 20, 1864, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman ordered Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard's three brigades to leave left-flank guard duty at Decatur, just east of Atlanta, and ride 30 miles east to Covington. They were to destroy bridges and a section of the Georgia Railroad, which reinforced Confederate forces in Atlanta…"
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