- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- An Unexpected Clash historical marker
- Creator:
- Geiger, Charles
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--DeKalb County
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Clifton St. at Memorial Dr. in Atlanta
Text of marker: "AN UNEXPECTED CLASH. July 22, 1864. The attack by Walker's & Bate's divs. (Hardee's A.C.) [CSA] struck the two brigades, Mersy's & Rice's, of Sweeny's 16th A.C. div. [USA] enroute to support the 17th in E. Atlanta. Walker's troops came up Sugar Cr., valley from the S.; Bate's from the high ground eastward. Sweeny's men hastily formed defensively -; Rice racing E., Mersy S., the apex of the lines atop the hill where Laird's 14th Ohio Battery was posted & where Murphy High School stands. Blodgett's Missouri Battery H was at Rice's center, facing E. Though greatly outnumbered, Sweeny managed to hold the position, thereby foiling Hardee's thrust at the Federal rear. 044-49 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1988" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_an-unexpected-clash
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_an-unexpected-clash
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
