This
U.S. Cavalry Raid was to destroy and cut as
much of the Atlanta & West Point R.R, the
Macon &Western R.R. and the Georgia Railroad.
This raid failed when Stoneman failed to meet
McCook near McDonough as planned and started
on a course to free the U.S. soldiers held at
Andersonville’s prison. Stoneman
was captured near Clinton, Georgia and McCook
had to fight his way out of a big mess on the
McDonough Road when he clashed with Confederate
General Red Jackson's cavalry jest west of Lovejoy’s
Station.
Located
near
Lovejoy’s Station and
the Nash Farm
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Although
most of McCook’s cavalry battle took place
at Lovejoy’s Station and westward on the
Pan Handle Road, his scouts passed through the
Nash Farm area on McDonough and Babb’s
Mill Road heading toward McDonough seeking Stoneman.
Cavalrymen belonging to McCook damaged the railroad
tracks in Lovejoy but failed to finish because
of McCook's clash with Red Jackson’s cavalry
west of the depot. McCook headquarters
at Lovejoy was a brief stay at the Stephen Green
Dorsey house, located about a half mile west
of the Nash Farm property located at Babb’s
Mill and McDonough roads.
McCook's
cavalry command was nearly all captured at a
battle located at Browns Mill near Newnan, Georgia.
McCook escaped and within days reported back
to General Sherman’s headquarters N.W.
of Atlanta.
