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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWK_the-battle-of-peachtree-creek_Atlanta-GA.html
The battle of Peachtree Creek was the first of three desperate Confederate attacks on the armies commanded by Maj. General Wm. T. Sherman which were closing in on Atlanta. Although heavy skirmishing occurred between the Federal right and the Confe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWJ_the-federal-forces-engaged-the-confederate-forces-engaged_Atlanta-GA.html
The Federal Forces Engaged
(Sherman's right wing)
The Army of the Cumberland Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas
Fourth Corps*
2nd Division Brig. Gen. John Newton
(Kimball's, Blake's and Bradley's brigades)
Fourteenth Corps**
1st Division
1st Bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWI_the-federal-advance_Atlanta-GA.html
After noon on July 9th, Schofield´s Army of the Ohio (23rd Corps) had forced Johnston to cross the Chattahoochee River that night by a surprise crossing up river at Soap Creek. On the 12th, Howard´s 4th Corps of Thomas´ Army of the Cumberland (…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWH_the-federal-advance-cont-the-change-of-command_Atlanta-GA.html
The Federal Advance, Cont.
It finally reached the golf course area and deployed with Wood´s brigade on the left, Coburn´s in the center and Harrison´s on the right. Earlier, Newton´s division of Howard´s corps had crossed the creek and adv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWG_the-confederate-attack_Atlanta-GA.html
On July 20th, Hood ordered the attack to begin at 1:00 P.M. Hardee and Stewart were to advance, drive the enemy back to the creek, and then west into the angle formed by the creek and the river; but events east of Atlanta caused the line to be shi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWF_the-confederate-attack-cont_Atlanta-GA.html
On the right, Harrison placed two regiments across Tanyard Branch, to connect with Candy´s left, and three on the slight rise east of it. Scott´s brigade advanced across the thickly wooded hills between Northside and Whitehall drives, routing th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWC_battlefield-of-ezra-church_Atlanta-GA.html
From this point extending three-fourths mile eastward the Confederate troops of Brig. Gen. John C. Brown's & Maj. Gen. Henry D. Clayton's Divisions (seven brigades) of Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee's Corps, formed in line of battle.
From this line…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MML_john-brown-gordon_Atlanta-GA.html
John Brown Gordon, son of the Rev. Zachariah Herndon Gordon and Mrs. Malinda Cox Gordon, was born in Upson County Feb. 6, 1832. He attended a rural school in Walker County, Pleasant Green Academy in Lafayette, and the University of Georgia. He lef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M1I_fire-station-no-6_Atlanta-GA.html
As a boy Martin Luther King, Jr., played basketball behind Fire Station No. 6 and watched the white crews go out on calls. He and his friends knew that they could not dream of becoming firefighters because of the city's segregation laws. Finally, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HSX_the-march-to-the-sea_Atlanta-GA.html
On November 15, 1864, during the Civil War, U.S. forces under Gen. William T. Sherman set out from Atlanta on the March to the Sea, a military campaign designed to destroy the Confederacy's ability to wage war and break the will of its people to r…