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General John M. Corse

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@ Atlanta History Center

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View of men standing at a railroad track with Brigadier General John M. Corse who is visiting the Battlefield of Allatoona. Some of the men identified in the photograph are "Jim," the porter, Thomas C. Moore, Sam W. Wilkes, Joseph M. Brown, Elijah Brown, Ira O. McDaniel, Hugh Adams, and James Maloy.General John Murray Corse (1835-1893) was a brigadier General who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He is most remembered for his defense of the Allatoona Pass in October of 1864, despite being wounded and facing superior numbers.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia