See the site of the Union advances against stout Confederate defenses, May 9-12, 1864, as part of the opening phase of Gen. Sherman’s Atlanta campaign. These engagements stretched across Crow Valley and involved about 25,000 soldiers in all. An interpretive marker at Poplar Springs Baptist Church provides details.

DIRECTIONS: From I75 Exit 336 proceed east .7 mile to Willowdale Rd. Left on Willowdale, .6 mile to Crow Valley Rd. Right on Crow Valley Rd. 2.6 miles to T intersection. Right on Poplar Springs Rd, then .5 mile to Poplar Springs Baptist Church.