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Mary Gay House

Author, poet, historian and Confederate heroine ~ Mary Ann Harris gay (1824-1918) lived in this house from 1850 to 1914. She is best known for her Life in Dixie During the War which describes...

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Rebecca Latimer Felton

Birthplace of Rebecca Ann Latimer (1835-1930), Daughter of Chas. and Eleanor (Swift) Latimer, pioneer settles at this point on the Decatur- Covington road. Married in 1835 to Dr. William...

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The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the. North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah - the March to the Sea....

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The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the. North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah - the March to the Sea....

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The March to the Sea

On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the. North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah - the March to the Sea....

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Alpha Delta Pi Memorial Headquarters

Alpha Delta Pi Sorority was founded May 15 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon Georgia as the first secret society in the world for college women, and thus became the mother of the social...

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The Stoneman Raid

In July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman´s army closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications "too strong to assault and too extensive to invest," he sought to force its fall by sending Maj. Gen....

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Garrard's Cavalry Raid

On July 20, 1864, Union forces under Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, were closing in on Atlanta. Hq. 2nd Cavalry Division, Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard, was in Decatur. His three brigades were...

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The Rainey Plantation

July 18, 1864. The marching columns of the Army of the Tennessee [USA] having diverged 5.5 miles North West, rejoined here when Dodge´s 16th A.C. moved East from Old Cross Keys to...

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Oglethorpe University

Chartered in 1835 by Georgia Presbyterians near Milledgeville, Oglethorpe University was the first denominational college established in the Deep South. It perished during the Civil War and...

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Old Cross Keys

Ante-bellum crossroads settlement & Post Office: James Reeve (1792 - 1852) Post Master & merchant. Prior to 1864 the Post Office was removed to a point between Chamblee & Doraville where,...

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Fuller's Div. 16th A.C.

July 22, 1864. Gen. John Fuller´s only brigade -- Morrill´s, which was in reserve near Leggett´s Hill, was deployed S.E. of here to meet the advance of Walker´s div. [CSA] up Sugar Cr. valley....

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Historic Ground-1864

In area bounded by Memorial Dr., Clifton, Glenwood & Moreland, was where the major part of the Battle of Atlanta was fought, July 22d. In terms of present landmarks, the battle began at...

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Leggett's Hill

July 22, 1864. Blair´s 17th A.C., McPherson´s Army of the Tenn. [Union] was aligned S. of Logan´s 15th astride the Ga. R. R. Leggett´s div. of the 17th held the line from Logan´s left, to...

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Wheeler's Cav. Intrenched

July 20, 1864. Wheeler´s thin gray line of dismounted cavalry [CSA] was the rt. flank of Atlanta´s defenders. Forced W. from Clay St. in the afternoon by Blair´s 17th A.C., [Union] Wheeler´s line...

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Cleburne's Div. in the Federal Rear

July 22, 1864. Cleburne´s 3 brigades, [CSA] after over-running the Federal left (at Glenwood), moved on the rear of its line facing W. on Flat Shoals Rd., at the same time Maney´s div. [CSA]...

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Cleburne Outflanked Left Wing, 17th A.C.

July 22, 1864. The left wing (Giles Smith´s div., 17th A.C.) of McPherson´s Army of the Tenn. [US] occupied an intrenched line on Flat Shoals Rd. between Leggett´s Hill and Glenwood, where...

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Maney's Div. in the Battle of Atlanta

Gen. George Maney, comdg. Cheatham´s old div. of Hardee´s A.C. [CSA] at Peachtree Cr., July 20, led the div. July 22 in the Battle of Atlanta. Both Cleburne´s & Maney´s divs. advanced N.W. on...

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Cleburne's & Maney's Divs.

July 22, 1864. These troops, with Walker´s and Bate´s divs., Hardee´s A.C. [CSA] made a 15-mi. night march from Atlanta to attack the rear of McPherson´s Army of the Tenn. [USA] posted on...

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Stewart's & Lee's A.C. March to Lovejoy's Station

Hardee´s command [Confederate] defeated at Jonesboro, Aug. 31, 1864, was depleted by the withdrawal of S.D. Lee´s A.C. before results of the battle were known in Atlanta. Anticipating a Federal...

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