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 it...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/eYn2DxOxMK7lo--Hx7rXkeEYGWyDLBT2Cr0BYVumlYnz3AleNAuFPmNcWAI4iZWdsC5Gvliu2Hooa3i5H6TA-H9By-8)
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 it hooked eastward, facing to the south.
Gen P. R. Cleburne´s three brigades, [CSA] Lowrey´s Govan´s and Smith´s (Granbury´s), struck the federal flank at the hook, sweeping it aside by front & rear attacks, that with Maney´s div. in support, finally drove the entire Federal division north of Leggett´s Hill. During this rear attack Gen. McPherson was killed by skirmishers of Smith´s Texas brigade.
GHM 044-64 - Georgia Historical Commission - 1956
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.