Russell County AlArchives Photo Place.....Historic Marker;  Confederates Set Fire To Lower Bridge April 2006
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             Confederates Set Fire
                To Lower Bridge

Early in the afternoon of April 16, 1865 the first
major act in the Battle of Girard-Columbus took 
place. Union General EMORY UPTON sent the First 
Ohio cavalry charging down old Crawford Road to 
capture the Dillingham Bridge. Confederates on the 
Georgia side had had prepared for the Union tatic
by removing the bridge's flooring and placing
turpentine-soaked cotton along the lenght of its 
superstructure. Confederate Colonel C.C. McGEHEE
crawled out on the wooden framework and set it 
ablaze. When they saw the bridge burst into flame
the First Ohio broke off its all-out charge.

 Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and
  the Phenic City-Russell Co. Chamber of Commerce
                     2004 

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