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 abandon delaying tactics and face overwhelming odds in open battle. Gen. John Bell Hood took command of the Confederate Army on the above date and daringly went out to meet the Union forces. Atlanta fell after bitter fighting. There are 55 original Confederate cannon balls in the adjacent U.D.C. marker.
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: GA Cacher.