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Hightower Trail 11 C-8

lat:33.65616667
lng:-83.71869444

This road is a portion of Hightower Trail, old Indian path to Etowah River, which ran from High Shoals of the Appalachee westward to Shallow Ford on the Chattahoochee. It formed a boundary between Cherokee lands to the north and Creek lands to the south. In 1817-21, it marked the Georgia frontier, and was used by pioneer families settling this section. On November 17th and 18th, 1864, the left wing of Sherman's Army passed down this trail on its "march to the sea."

177 East Hightower Trail

177 East Hightower Trail

Social Circle , GA

lat:33.65538889
lng:-83.71719444

172 East Hightower Trail

172 East Hightower Trail

Social Circle , GA

lat:33.65566667
lng:-83.71755556

Eckles-Grant House

231 West Hightower Trail

Social Circle , GA

lat:33.65722222
lng:-83.72066667

The March to The Sea GHM 147-5

lat:33.65388889
lng:-83.72041667

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah -- the March to the Sea. He divided his army into two wings. The Right Wing marched south from Atlanta, to feint at Macon but to cross the Ocmulgee River above the city and concentrate at Gordon.
The Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps), Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum, USA, marched to Decatur where the 20th Corps, Brig. Gen. A. S. Williams, USA, took the road to Social Circle to strike the Georgia Railroad here and destroy it through Madison.
Late on the 17th, the 20th Corps reached Centreville Box (Jersey), 6 miles NW, and camped between Cornish and Big Flat creeks, with its leading division (Geary's) on the west bank of the Ulcofauhachee (Alcovy) River, 3 miles from Social Circle.
On the 18th, elements of the 2nd and 3rd Divisions destroyed the Georgia Railroad from Social Circle to Madison (16 miles).
At Rutledge (7 miles SE), the depot, water tank, warehouses and other RR facilities were burned, those at Social Circle having been destroyed in July by Garrard's calvary.
That night, the 20th Corps camped west of Madison on the Covington Road.
Between Atlanta and Milledgeville, the movements of the Left Wing were almost unopposed, the few Confederate troops available being employed against the Right Wing to protect Macon, a principal arsenal center, and the Central of Georgia Railway.

130 West Hightower Trail