Mr. Stanley,

A point of clarification if you do not mind. What is a "Class D battle site"?

Sorry about that, Reggie. A Class D site means "having a limited influence on the outcome of the campaign or operation but achieving or affecting important local objectives."

I referenced the National Park Service classifications in the posted .pdf about the August 20th Cavalry Charge.

See that updated post here:
Part One and Part Two.

The criteria for battlefields, historical markers, etc. starts on page 26 of Part 2.

On Sept 2, 1864, the Mayor of Atlanta rode out to Federal troops under a white flag. He found officers at what is today the intersection of Northside Dr and Marietta St and there surrendered the city to the United States Government. A historical marker notes the spot and activity.

Dear Mr. Stanley,
Once again I would like to thank you for your thorough
search for the truth about Kilpatrick at Lovejoy. As
I have stated before I do not understand why the Henry
County Board of Commissioners went out on this limb without having a second opinion. It seems that a lot of people were caught up in this snare. At least you have vindicated a lot of good people who over the past 30 years have put forth a lot of time and effort to find these truths.

There is more to this story that probably will never see
the light of day, but it might be best if it didn't.

I have been in touch with the GHS in Savanah and they
know the truth just as I do and they remember the work
that I was involved with during the past three decades. They do not appreciate people trying to change history to suit their personal preference. They also told me that it isn't
right to tell school children that this story of the Nash Farm is historical fact when it isn't. My old employers at the U.S. Govt. know about some of these problems occurring and said they will be watching. Again you have done a great
job and the people of Henry County who pay the bills thank you for your interest and your thoroughness. This is lacking in todays society.
Sincerely,
The Doctor

It has always been easy to follow BJ Mathis and support her desire to provide good things for the county.

Nash was/is a preservation effort. That is enough for me! Does it really matter if nothing significant happened there? What does it hurt if BJ wants to call it a battlefield? If only one person shed blood or died on the property, isn't that enough?

BJ Mathis kept Nash Farm from being developed. She ran her campaign on anti-development -- she does what she says.

Henry County has plenty of 'history' where civil war troops advanced, camped, traveled or skirmished. But no place is left for preservation. Nash Farm stands as Henry's way of commemorating the civil war. Does it really hurt anything if the story about that one place was just made-up?

You do what you have to do. Now that BJ Mathis is running for commission chair we have a chance to elect a person whose integrity (or intelligence) will always come second. Isn't that what we really want??

Dear Gen. Ross,
On reading your words about Ms. Mathis one can only think that the people would not be duped twice or possibly three times.

Remember the house that was moved from McDonough that was supposed to be the home of Col. Zachry. The home was built by the Sloan family in 1840 and the Col. moved to town from the Peachstone Shoals after burning his home there known as the Castle Mound. The Col. only lived in the home for a short time before his death. He had lived in town a couple of other times prior to this but it was not built by the Col. The historical value of the home is that it was built by one of the first families of McDonough.

Back to the Nash Farm saga, the people of today either don't care or they don't understand the value of the truth. If one does not have a good word then that person is no good. Those are words of wisdom by my father. As far as Nash Farm being a symbol of the Civil War for Henry County, it shouldn't be a symbol built on a lie. Henry County as a whole should be a memorial to those who fought and supplied the Civil War. There were many who went off to war and many who protected here as the home guard. As the Union Army raided most of the County then the whole area should be recognized not just one small piece. Maybe those involved will learn a valuable lesson from this. One can only hope.

The Civil War was a terrible time in our history that can never be forgotten. It is those memories that will keep us from making the same mistakes again or one would hope. To those who died for what they believed they should be honored but not honored on false information that only diminishes their memories. It hurts to know that a lie or the fantasies of one can transcend into a cascade of ugliness that does not have to happen and should have never started.

If only the County had gotten that second opinion which they are so freely doing in other cases then the people of Henry County would not be out of so much money.
Sincerely,
The Doctor

Thank God for people like Larry who do their homework!

I wonder what BJ Mathis and her merry gang of neo-confederate race baiters are planning on doing next...perhaps they've already done it? I do seem to recall a cross-burning in some old cornfield a few nights ago as I was driving by...maybe that was them?

Dear Mr. Stanley,
I read where you needed information about Lee's Mill. The mill was located SW of where Stockbridge is today along the Rum Creek which makes Lake Spivey today.
It was between Noah's Ark Rd. and Jodeco Rd. The Lee family which owned the
mill also helped form the Mount Pleasant Methodist Church. They made up the
trustee's of the church. They were Samuel Lee and William Lee. In 1849, the church
was dissolved and reformed in 1852 as the Noah's Ark Methodist Church which is
over the Henry County line in Clayton County near Lake Jodeco and Lake Spivey.
Also in this area was the old Fleekick School.
During the Civil War Kilpatrick's Raid carried him east of Jonesboro to the Lee's Mill
area and he took the Lee's Mill Rd. SW to Lovejoy and the Dorsey House. During
the "March to the Sea" Generals Woods and Smith USA moved via Lee's Mill. General
Corse USA marched from Rough and Ready by Lee's Mill to McDonough on November
16, 1864.
The Old Lee's Mill Road bed can still be seen crossing Noah's Ark Rd. near the Henry-
Clayton County Line. The road bed passes through the property of a friend of mine
and on into the Clayton County Sprayfield. I hope this information is helpful to you
and will help you see where the mill used to be in those long ago years.
Sincerely,
The Doctor

Doctor,
Thanks for this information. I was not able to locate anything about Lee's MIll at the Jonesboro public library or the Georgia Archive. I was naturally interested because the name (of the road) figured prominently in my recent research.

I actually found a Lee's Mill Road that runs from the Atlanta airport to the intersection of Upper Riverdale Road. At that point the trail ended - although while driving that road I had hopes of finding a "passage" that would lead me to Lovejoy.

I have printed and bound the August 20th & Sept, 2-5 information if you would like a copy. So far the Archive has not rejected it -- I submitted it in hopes of it being added to the Clayton County collection.

Thanks again. I appreciate your work and all your help.

Dear Mr. Stanley,
Thank you for your hard work
in this endeavor. The information that you have bound I already have in my
library. I will see about
putting a good word in for
you at the Archives. I will
be in touch with more information. This is not the end of the story. Oh by
the way you are welcome for
the info about Lee's Mill.
Sincerely,
The Doctor

Dear Mr. Stanley,
You might want to look at the Henry County webpage about Nash Farm. According
to the account they are now
going to open the park on
March 15, 2008 as a passive
park with multiple activities such as you will
find at any Henry County Park. Three years ago it was bought for $8 million supposedly because of it's Civil War value. I have a
feeling that the County is now trying to save face and
recoup some of our money they enjoy spending. But there again that was quite a
sizeable amount of money they spent for this barren
property. Why did they not
buy the property when it came on the market in the beginning when Maxie Price bought it to build homes? It would have saved us a lot
of money. Mr. Pollard being
the Civil War Historian he is should have known the value of the Nash Farm long
before he approached the Commissioners. But there again creating a story to fit the time is a ready thing to do. Who really profited from this action?
Where did the money trail lead? What part did they all play in this incident?
It will take a long time to
recover from this monetary loss and an even longer time
to recover from the embarrassment to the Citizens of the County. The
State and other entities know the truth about the Nash Farm and they have made
references to Henry County being made a fool of because
they didn't check into the
story being presented to them. This was a bad business deal made worse by
greed and lies. I remember
many years ago (about 26 to
be exact) when Henry County
was made to look bad by elected officials and it took several years to recover. But the memories are still there and it will
take a long time to recover
from this incident and the
memories will still be there for future generations. Again it looks
like the County is trying to
regroup and fix a mess but
I don't know if they are up
to the job. Time will tell.

Sincerely,

The Doctor

Check this out, from the Herald article:

Nash Farm serves as a multi-purpose facility for several major events in Henry County, including Civil War re-enactments. The battlefield was also the location of a huge archaeological dig in the winter of 2007. Researchers from the LAMAR institute of Savannah and the Georgia Historical Artifacts and Research Group, found 1,300 artifacts on the site. The artifacts belonged to soldiers who fought in battles during the 1800s.

i do civi war reenactments but will not do any thing at the nash farm site.Because the whole thing. is a lie. mark pollard ought to be ashamed of what he has done and said and to dishonor the combatants of lovejoy station. It ought to be called mark pollards battle feild of dreams.Because after all it is just a dream there was a battle there