Gen. S. D. Lee's Corps
August 31, 1864. At the close of the 1st day of battle at Jonesboro, Hood (in Atlanta) with no knowledge of the battle, ordered Lee to withdraw his troops to the city to meet a suppositious attack by Federal at east Point. The left Hardee´s command [Confederate] (one corps) to hold Jonesboro against six Federal corps.
Sept. 1. Lee´s troops moved north at 2 A.M., but they were halted at the Lillis Brown farm west of here, on South River ~ 6 miles from Atlanta. The defeat of Hardee at Jonesboro (Aug. 31st) forced the evacuation of Atlanta by Stewart´s A.C. whereupon Lee´s troops moved back southward, via Stockbridge, to Lovejoy´s Station.
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Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Tim Walleker.