question about historical markers

maxxkatt

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looking for a Union camp site in georgia and the historical marker says it is .7 of a mile downstream on a small creek. The creek is rather loopy so is it .7 of a mile following the creek or as the crow flies?

anybody got any ideas?

the lady that is at the Historical society for the state markers had no idea and asked others and they could not come up with an answer.
 
They mostly camped on higher ground, better defense.
The creeks were convenient for water but also used for quick get aways.
They were in the area, move downstream a bit and start swinging. Good Luck.
 
Also remember, those markers are often incorrect.


Yes. Plaques and book info. fall into a commonly recurring trap : At some point in subsequent decades or the century, a nearby fixed spot will take on the "place-name" of an earlier event. Eg.: a Road name, or a school house, etc.... Then later on, subsequent history writers just assume that the fixed location, which has taken-on-the-place-name, is the exact location of the earlier event.

And same for the historical marker road-side plaques : Those are often simply put at the nearest convenient spot , where motorists can pull over and read the plaque. Doesn't necessarily mean the location was *right* there.

And as we md'rs know : A mere 50 yards "off" might as well be 50 miles off. Yet to the motorist reading a plaque, it's good enough.
 
Creek could have changed it's course in the last 150+ years. All they know today is that the camp was .7 miles from this spot along the creek (that could have moved). Try looking at google earth.
 
I've seen markers moved by 100's of yards because the land owner raised a rukus and got them moved so much so that there's no way hardly to know where to hunt.
 
Yes. Plaques and book info. fall into a commonly recurring trap : At some point in subsequent decades or the century, a nearby fixed spot will take on the "place-name" of an earlier event. Eg.: a Road name, or a school house, etc.... Then later on, subsequent history writers just assume that the fixed location, which has taken-on-the-place-name, is the exact location of the earlier event.

And same for the historical marker road-side plaques : Those are often simply put at the nearest convenient spot , where motorists can pull over and read the plaque. Doesn't necessarily mean the location was *right* there.

And as we md'rs know : A mere 50 yards "off" might as well be 50 miles off. Yet to the motorist reading a plaque, it's good enough.

Yeah Like in San Rafael a marker for the mission is at an offramp that's a mile or two from the real location over the hill!:foottap::shrug:
 
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