Jonesboro, GA, United States
Battlefield Landmark. One of the few natural landmarks of the battle fought here Aug. 31, 1864, is the deep gully S. of marker -- the bed of a small stream flowing W. to Flint River. N. of, & parallel to it, was the refused line of Harrow's div. of the 15th, prolonged by Rice's brigade (Corse's div.
), 16th A.C. (USA) facing S. & extending W. to the river. Cleburne's, Maney's & Bate's divs., Hardee's A.C. (CSA) attacked the refused line from south of the gully, only to find it a fatal obstacle to
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