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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6LY_browns-claytons-divs_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864: 3:30 P.M. Gen Hood (CS) launched an attack from the east line of the city fortifications, on the 15th A.C. astride the Ga. R.R. (at DeGress Ave.) - a mass assault by two divs. of Cheatham's A.C.: Brown's & Clayton's.Brown's brigades…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6IE_bakers-brigade_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864. Baker`s Alabama brigade (Col. J.H. Higley comdg.), Clayton`s div., Cheatham`s A.C., [CSA} was diverted N.E. in Clayton`s attack on the 15th A.C. eastward, thus forming the extreme left of the line extending S. to Glenwood Ave. Higle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6E0_site-judge-james-paden-house-gen-j-d-coxs-h-dq-rs_Atlanta-GA.html
The Federal 23d A.C., Army of the Ohio, reached this vicinity via Old Shallow Ford Rd. (Clairmont) & N. Decatur Rd., evening of July 19, 1864. This was the N.E. sector of Sherman's approach to Atlanta. Cox's (3d) div. bivouacked E. of Pea Vine Cr.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM69Y_logans-15th-a-c-line_Atlanta-GA.html
July 20, 1864. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan's A.C. having camped at Decatur, moved toward Atlanta on this rd. M.L. Smith's (2d) div. was in advance; Woods' (1st) & Harrow's (4th), in reserve. At this point, 2.75 mi. from center of Atlanta, Smith's intr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM632_restoring-the-line_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864. After Cheatham's troops (CS) broke the Federal 15th A.C. line at the R.R. cut and the Hurt house (DeGress Ave.), Mersy's 16th A.C. brigade was brought up from the battlefield 1 mile S. of the R.R. to assist in restoring it.
Light…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62Z_the-degress-battery_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864. Light Battery H, 1st Ill. (four 20-pounders), Capth. Francis DeGress, was posted here on right of M.L.Smith's div., Logan's 15th A.C. Shells from these guns are said to have been the first to fall in Atlanta.
Late afternoon, Mani…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM62Y_federal-signal-station_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864. When 15th A.C. troops moved W. from line (at Candler St.) to the vacated Confederate line at the Troup Hurt house (at DeGress Ave.), a signal station was established by Lt. Samuel Edge in a tall pine near this site commanding a view…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5MT_noon-under-the-trees_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864. Gen. McPerson & staff spent the forenoon in conference at Sherman's headquarters & inspecting Army of the Tenn. lines. Noon found them in an oak grove just S. of the R.R. where they were joined at luncheon by Logan & Blair, each wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5MN_the-troup-hurt-house_Atlanta-GA.html
The Plantation house of Geo. M.T. Hurt, begun the Summer of 1862, never completed & never occupied as a residence, stood on the site of the stone church. It faced the Decatur Rd. July 18, 1864. A sector of the outer line of Atlanta's defense works…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5MM_the-15th-corps-sector_Atlanta-GA.html
July 20, 1864. Posted on this ridge, astride the Georgia R.R. was the right flank of Hood's old corps, (CS) Gen. B.F. Cheatham commanding. July 22. These troops were withdrawn, before daylight, to the city fortifications. The vacated line was occu…