GCNZBJ The Battle Of Utoy Creek (Traditional Cache) in Georgia, United States created by JBzHOW

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Hidden : 5/18/2005

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Walk along Atlanta's Lionel Hampton section of the PATH greenway trail and see if you can sense the deadly action that took place here August 5-7, 1864.

Reccomended parking at 33 44.069 / 84 28.165 then follow the path down, cross Utoy Creek and then up a rather steep section of the greenway until you finally head west up into the woods for a 200 foot bushwack to the search area. Look for a small ammo box.

The account of the fighting on those hot August days goes like this;
After failing to envelop Hood’s left flank at Ezra Church, Sherman still wanted to extend his right flank to hit the railroad between East Point and Atlanta. He transferred John M. Schofield’ s Army of the Ohio from his left to his right flank and sent him to the north bank of Utoy Creek. Although Schofield’s troops were at Utoy Creek on August 2, they, along with the XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, did not cross until the 4th. Schofield’s force began its movement to exploit this situation on the morning of the 5th, which was initially successful. Schofield then had to regroup his forces, which took the rest of the day. The delay allowed the Rebels to strengthen their defenses with abatis, which slowed the Union attack when it restarted on the morning of the 6th. The Federals were repulsed with heavy losses by Bate’s Division and failed in an attempt to break the railroad. On the 7th, the Union troops moved toward the Confederate main line and entrenched. Here they remained until late August.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

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