Civil War Historic Markers Across Georgia
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Battle of Tilton
Beginning on 1864/10/13 and ending 1864/10/13
Tilton, Georgia, located 90 miles north of Atlanta was a depot on the Western and Atlantic Railroad. The depot was garrison by 300 men of the 17th Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry, under the command of Lt. Col. S.M. Archer, U.S. Army. On Oct. 13, 1864, part of Maj. Gen Samuel French´s Division of Stewart´s Corps, Confederates Army of Tennessee, attacked the garrison in Tilton. Many of the garrison took refuge in the blockhouse just north of the town. Selden´s Battery, brought into action, battered the blockhouse and, after a battle that lasted several hours, the garrison surrendered.
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