maxxkatt
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I have a new permission of about 3 acres along a creek that through my research indicate several Union divisions went through this area of Georgia.
It runs along a creek for about 700 yards where Union forces traveled.
The owner showed me three terraces in his back yard starting about 20 feet from the creek. 1st terrace is about what you would expect for a single wagon road. the 2nd terrace about 15 feet higher is another wagon road the same width and the third terrace is about 10 feet and the owner said that it was for soldier's foot traffic.
The owner has lived in the house since 1955 and has never been detected. He had the famous Atlanta historian Frank M. Garrett visit his property and he said they were Union Civil War roads. Mr. Garrett was the only official historian of the City of Atlanta and the Coca Cola company historian for 28 years. The man published his 648 page history book of Atlanta.
Frank came to my permission's property and surveyed it and told him that it was a Union civil war road and they made these terraces to separate the heavy traffic created by the extensive logistics used in supporting Sherman's armies.
The three terraces are very distinct and well preserved, not like earth works that have been eroded over 150 years.
This road is hemmed in by the creek and a rather steep 60 foot hill rising up from the creek.
Does any of this ring a bell of this type of Union civil war road being built in other areas of the country? Or would you think it is unique to this location due to the terrain of the creek and necessity of routing the road through this area?
It runs along a creek for about 700 yards where Union forces traveled.
The owner showed me three terraces in his back yard starting about 20 feet from the creek. 1st terrace is about what you would expect for a single wagon road. the 2nd terrace about 15 feet higher is another wagon road the same width and the third terrace is about 10 feet and the owner said that it was for soldier's foot traffic.
The owner has lived in the house since 1955 and has never been detected. He had the famous Atlanta historian Frank M. Garrett visit his property and he said they were Union Civil War roads. Mr. Garrett was the only official historian of the City of Atlanta and the Coca Cola company historian for 28 years. The man published his 648 page history book of Atlanta.
Frank came to my permission's property and surveyed it and told him that it was a Union civil war road and they made these terraces to separate the heavy traffic created by the extensive logistics used in supporting Sherman's armies.
The three terraces are very distinct and well preserved, not like earth works that have been eroded over 150 years.
This road is hemmed in by the creek and a rather steep 60 foot hill rising up from the creek.
Does any of this ring a bell of this type of Union civil war road being built in other areas of the country? Or would you think it is unique to this location due to the terrain of the creek and necessity of routing the road through this area?