- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Battle of Ezra Church Right of 15th Corps historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Fulton County
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Anderson Ave. at the MARTA station in Atlanta
Text of marker: "BATTLE OF EZRA CHURCH RIGHT OF 15 CORPS [USA]. July 28, 1864. This marks the extreme right of Howard's Army of the Tennessee during the Battle of Ezra Church. Lightburn's brigade of H. L. Smith's div., Logan's A. C., occupied the immediate sector. From here the line ran S. E. to a salient angle (Laurel Avenue at Archer) where it turned N. E. to and beyond Ezra Church. The battle began with an assault by Brown's 4 brigades of S. D. Lee's A. C. [CSA] endeavoring to roll up the Federal rt. Failing to dislodge Logan, another attempt was made by Walthall's division of Stewart's A. C. which traversed the same area but with a like result. 060-151 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1988" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_battle-of-ezra-church-right-of-15th-corps
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_battle-of-ezra-church-right-of-15th-corps
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
