The Railroad Cut
In 1864 the single track of the Ga. R.R. ran through a deep cut opposite this point. Crossing it & the Decatur rd. was the intrenched line of the Federal 15th A.C. as of July 22. This was a sector of McPherson´s Army of the Tenn. which occupied trenches vacated by Gen. Cheatham´s A.C. [Confed.] the previous night.
Cheatham´s troops temporarily recovered the line here -- late afternoon of the 22d -- mostly by front assault, partly by penetrating it at the unguarded cut -- and episode portrayed in the Cyclorama at Grant Park. The ground was greatly altered after the war; the R.R. cut was still visible as late as 1903.
GHM 060-94 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956\
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.