Confederate Intrenchments: 1864
This line of earthworks in Adams Park is one of the few remaining sections of the exterior portion of Atlanta´s defenses designed 5 a barrier to Federal attempts to cut the two railroads that enter the city from the S.W.
Built about Aug. 1 it joined the main line of city fortifications at W. Fair & Ashby Sts., from which it ran SW. to East Point later prolonged to Thames´ Mill in Clayton County.
Manned by troops of Hardee´s and S.D. Lee´s corps, it with-stood all Federal attempts to seize it and was abandoned only when the Federals cut the railroads at Fairburn and Jonesboro.
GHM 060-161 - GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1958
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Mrs. Sarahlyn Davies Bennett.