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The Mississippi Brigade

Brig. Gen. W. S. Featherston ~ Loring´s div. It consisted of the 40th, 31st, 22d, 3d & 33d regts., (deployment sequence W. to E.) Stigler´s sharpshooters in skirmish line. Brigade was on extreme...

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Ward's Div. Deployed

July 20, 1864. Gen. W. T Ward´s 3rd Division , 20th A.C. having crossed the creek at Peachtree Road, moved to the low ground at stream-side, its three brigands aligned westward, facing S....

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Battlefield of Peachtree Creek

Lt. Gen. John B. Hood, on taking command of the Army of Tennessee [Confederate], July 18, 1864, began aggressive action against the Federal approach to Atlanta from upper Chattahoochee crossings....

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Hardee at Peachtree Creek

Troops of Gen. W.J. Hardee´s A.C. [Confederate] were posted in this sector, July 18, 1864, to guard the creek crossings when it was learned that Federal forces were moving toward Atlanta...

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Confederate Army Command Changed

Near here the command and tactics of the Confederate Army were changed July 18th 1864. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman (Union) had been trying for months to force Gen. Joseph E. Johnston (CSA) to...

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Ward's Div. Crossed Peachtree Creek

July 20, 1864. Ward´s 20th A.C. div. crossed a short distance downstream, leaving the artillery on this side, because of difficult terrain south of the creek. Moving S.W., it occupied the...

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Ward's Div. Encamped

July 18, 1864. Ward´s 3rd Division, 20th A.C. moved to this position from Pace´s Ferry to occupy the sector on the immediate right of Howard´s 4th Corps which had marched from Power´s...

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20th A.C., Pace's Fy. Rd.

July 18, 1864. Hooker´s Federal 20th Corps, occupied this sector between Howard´s 4th at Buckhead, on the left, & Palmer´s 14th, on the right, at Howell Mill Road. Williams´ & Geary´s divs. of the...

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Habersham Memorial Hall

Joseph Habersham Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was organized February 12, 1900 at the Executive Mansion. Mrs. William Lawson Peel, first Regent and Mrs. Allen D....

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Federal Right Wing to Peachtree Creek

July 18, 1864. The 14th A.C., which was posted on extreme rt. of the Cumberland Army, left camp at Mt. Paren Rd., crossed Nancy´s Creek & moved S. on Howell Mill Rd. to Peachtree Cr....

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Federal Right Wing

The right wing of the Army of the Cumberland 14th and 20th A.C. was also the rt. of Sherman´s forces moving on Atlanta from N. & E. The 14th and 20th having crossed the river at Pace´s Fy. July...

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Old Milton County

This was the Courthouse of Milton County at the time it was merged with Fulton County Jan. 1, 1932. When the County was created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 18, 1857, it was named for Homer V....

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Palmer's & Hooker's A.C. Cross the Chattahoochee

July 17. 1864. Wood´s 4th A.C. div. moved S. to this point from Power´s Fy. (3 mi. N.) to cover the crossing of Palmer´s 14th A.C. Hooker´s 20th, followed the 14th on the 2 pontoon bridges at...

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Old Campbell County

Fulton County Jan. 1, 1932. When the County was created by Acts of the Legislature Dec. 20 & 22, 1828, the site was at Campbellton on the Chattahoochee but it was moved to Fairburn in 1870. The...

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Wood's & Newton's Divs. at Peachtree Creek

July 19, 1864. Wood´s & Newton´s 4th A.C. divs. moving S. from Buckhead to effect crossings at Peachtree Cr. found the bridge burned. Wood improvised one & crossed two brigades which after a sharp...

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Between the Peachtree Creek Forks

July 19, 1864. The march of Stanley´s division (4th AC.) on the Old Cheshire Bridge Road from Buckhead was delayed by the burning bridge at N. Fork, Peachtree Cr. Opposition by Confederate cavalry...

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Site of Old Cheshire Bridge

The original Cheshire Bridge Road crossing North Fork Peachtree Creek at this point, was the rout taken by two divisions of Howard´s 4th A. C. moving to occupy a gap in the Federal line...

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Hightower (Etowah) Trail

At this point the noted Hightower (Etowah) Trail crossed today´s Azalea drive. With connections from Charleston via August, the old thoroughfare ran through to reach the Indian towns of...

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Old Cheshire Bridge Road

In 1864 the Old Cheshire Bridge Rd., leading E. from Buckhead generally on the trace of the present E. Pace´s Fy. Rd., crossed this area & ran S.E. to N. Fork Peachtree Cr. & beyond. Howard´s 4th...

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Historic Ground

Atlanta´s first City Hall stood here 1853-1883. Used jointly by Fulton county courts. During Atlanta´s occupation - Sept. to Nov. 1864 - the 2nd Mass. Regiment, constituting the Provost Guard of...

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