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Battle of Noonday Creek (June-July 1864), US Civil War

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  • Pvt. James Starwalt, (USA) (1838 - 1899)
    Residence Springville IL; Enlisted on 8/1/1862 as a private. On 9/6/1862 he mustered into Co. H, 123rd Illinois Infantry Mustered Out on 6/28/1865 Member of GAR Post #424 (Hall Wilson) in Toledo, IL.
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    Residence Springville IL; Enlisted on 8/1/1862 as a private. On 9/6/1862 he mustered into Co. H, 123rd Illinois Infantry Mustered Out on 6/28/1865 John was the son of Perry (Peter?) Starwalt and the H...
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    Brev. Maj. Gen. Robert Horatio George Minty, (USA) (1831 - 1906)
    Civil War Union Brevet Major General. He was commissioned as Major of the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry on October 2, 1862, but held that duty for only a month before he was transferred to the 3nd Mic...
  • Maj. General William T. Martin (CSA) (1823 - 1910)
    Thompson Martin (March 25, 1823 — March 16, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who became a Confederate States Army general of cavalry during the American Civil War.BiographyBorn in Glasgow, K...
  • Brevet Maj. General Eli Long (USA) (1837 - 1903)
    Long (June 16, 1837 – January 5, 1903) was a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Early lifeLong was born on June 16, 1837 in Woodford County, Kentucky, and graduated from the Kentuc...

The Battle of Noonday Creek was a series of combat events in the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War that took place between June 10 and July 3 of 1864.

Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard was ordered by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman to interpose between Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Confederate cavalry and detached infantry at Noonday Creek, which was just a few miles from Sherman's headquarters at Big Shanty. When, after a week, Garrard failed to do so, two brigades of infantry and three brigades of cavalry with artillery support were advanced against the Confederate positions on June 9. Two charges failed, and the Union Army retired from the field. However, Wheeler's cavalry was moved to a position between Bell's Ferry and Canton Road.

On June 10, the 17th Indiana Infantry Regiment pushed the enemy across Noonday Creek after heavy fighting.

On June 15, a division of Union cavalry attacked and was repelled. On June 17, the Federals pushed Wheeler down Bell's Ferry Road, where he retired to Robert McAffee's house located at the intersection of today’s Barret Parkway and Bells Ferry Roads. This location is often confused with the house of Dr. John McAfee, which was located at the intersection of the Canton and Marietta Road, and the Old Alabama Road in Woodstock. On June 10 Colonel Robert H. G. Minty’s First Cavalry Brigade (U.S.) consisting of the 4th U.S. Cavalry, 4th Michigan Cavalry, and 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiments, and the Chicago Board of Trade Battery crossed Noonday Creek on the Old Alabama Road, and proceeded to McAfee’s Crossroads, where Dr. McAfee’s home was located. Upon approaching the crossroads, the 7th Pennsylvania became heavily engaged, but drove in the Rebel pickets, and occupied the crossroads. While Minty was deploying his line he was attacked by a brigade of Maj. Gen. William T. Martin’s division, and the entire division of Ferguson’s cavalry. After fighting for about an hour the 7th Pennsylvania made a saber charge, and drove the Confederates south on the Canton and Marietta Road for a mile, until they entrenched on the crest of a hill. After an unsuccessful assault on that position, Minty withdrew back across Noonday Creek on the Old Alabama Road. Minty’s Brigade remained in position near McAfee’s Crossroads skirmishing daily with Wheeler’s Confederate Cavalry until June 20.

On June 19, the Union Army attacked but was driven off with heavy losses.

On June 23, Col. Eli Long, USA, crossed Noonday Creek with his brigade. He was attacked at that time, and repelled the attackers.

The 4th Michigan Cavalry was attacked by 4,500 of Wheeler's cavalry at Latimar's Mill on Little Noonday Creek near Noonday Church.

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