Site: The Mann House

Site: The Mann Hous

Photo credit to Carl Vinson Institute of Government.

Year Erected: 1958

Marker Text: Some 400 ft. S. on this ridge stood the antebellum farm house of John A. Mann (1828-1904). It is cited in reports & dispatches of the movement of the 4th A. C. [US] from Red Oak to the Macon R. R. at Rough & Ready. Aug. 30, 1864, the 4th A. C., on reaching the crossroads at noon, drove the Confederate cav. N. E. on the Flat Shoals Rd. toward Thames' Mill, then camped in this area: Newton's div. N. E. of house; Kimball's & Wood's at crossroads just west of it.

Aug. 31. The 4th, having been joined by the 23d, resumed the march N. E. & together they cut the railroad at & below Rough & Ready while the 1st battle of Jonesboro was in progress.

Tips for Finding This Marker: On Flat Shoals Road, east of GA 139 in Atlanta.