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Walker & Bate at Sugar Cr.

July 22, 1864. Walker´s & Bate´s divisions of Hardee´s A.C. [CSA] enroute to the rear of the 17th A.C. [USA] in East Atlanta, detoured here along the West bank of the creek to keep contact with...

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Hightower (Etowah) Trail

Hightower (Etowah) Trail, one of the best marked Indian Trails in Georgia, was a much used crossover between two of the noted Trading Paths radiating from Augusta. Recognized as a former boundary...

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Bate's Div. at Terry's Mill Pond

July 22, 1864. Bate´s, together with Walker´s div., Hardee´s A.C., [CSA] having moved up Sugar Cr. valley W. of Terry´s mill pond, were deployed in this area for a surprise attack on...

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Terry's Mill Pond

The flat area S. was the bed of Terry´s mill pond -- the impounded waters of Sugar Cr. Tom Terry (1823-1861) operated the grist mill that stood 800 yds. downstream. It was burned by Federal...

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Death of Gen. Walker

July 22, 1864. Maj. Gen. W.H.T. Walker, commanding a div. of Hardee´s A.C., [CSA] while directing his troops toward the battlefield, reached a close proximity to this spot at noon where, pausing...

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Mersy's Brigade

July 22, 1864. Col. August Mersy´s brigade of Sweeny´s div., 16th A.C. [USA] was aligned on the rt. of the div. when it went into action to meet the assault of Walker´s div. [CSA] advancing...

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Dodge's 16th A.C. Camp On Nancy's Creek

July 17, 1864. The march of the corps S. from the road-fork at Providence Church (Dunwoody) was opposed by Col. Geo. G. Dibrell´s brigade of Wheeler´s cav. [CSA]. After a sharp skirmish, the 9th...

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An Unexpected Clash

July 22, 1864. The attack by Walker´s & Bate´s divs. (Hardee´s A.C.) [CSA] struck the two brigades, Mersy´s & Rice´s, of Sweeny´s 16th A.C. div. [USA] enroute to support the 17th in E. Atlanta....

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Rice's Brigade

July 22, 1864. Gen. E. W. Rice´s brigade [USA] was hastily deployed in open ground to meet the attack by Bate´s div. [CSA] The 66th Ind. was posted on the hill (Murphy High School) adjacent to...

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Bate's Battle Line

July 22, 1864. Gen. Bate´s div., Hardee´s A.C. [CSA] was deployed on the rt. of Walker´s div. when they advanced N. from Terry´s Mill pond. Being on the extreme rt. of the corps, Bate´s troops...

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Battle of Atlanta Began Here

July 22, 1864. Sweeny´s 2nd div., Dodge´s 16th A.C., [USA], having been held in reserve N. of the Ga. R.R. (Candler Park), was ordered to support the left of Blair´s 17th Corps in East...

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Death of McPherson

The monument in the enclosure was erected by U.S. Army Engineers to mark the site where Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson was killed during the Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864. McPherson road S. from...

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McPherson's Last Ride

July 22, 1864. When Gen. McPheson heard the firing to the S.E. while at luncheon (Whitefoord Ave. at R.R.), he mounted his horse & sending away most of his staff on various missions, galloped...

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Gresham's Division

July 20, 1864. Brig. Gen. Walter Q. Gresham´s 4th div., leading the advance of the 17th A.C. [Union] against Wheeler´s Cav. [Confed.] & forcing it W. to Leggett´s Hill, halted here at...

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Wheeler Delays Blair

McPheson´s Army of the Tenn. [Federal] seized Decatur July 19, 1864 & on the 20th moved toward Atlanta in two columns ~ the 15th and 16th A.C. via the Ga. R.R. and the 17th by roads S. of...

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Unknown Confederate Dead

Here sleep, known but to God, approximately one hundred and fifty Confederate solders, most of whom died from disease, or wounds in the Confederate hospitals that were located near this spot. Some...

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Restoring the Line

July 22, 1864. After Cheatham´s troops (Confederate) 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...

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Logan's 15th A.C. Line

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...

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Garrard's Cavalry at Buchanan's

J.W. Buchanan´s residence (which stood on the Old Hightower Trail), where Peachtree Road crosses, was a landmark of Federal troop movements in July, 1864. July 17, Garrard´s cav., operating on...

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Noon Under the Trees

July 22, 1864. Gen. McPherson & 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....

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