- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Cleburne's & Maney's Divs. historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- 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: Flat Shoals Rd. and Ormewood Ave. (south of Glenwood) in Atlanta
Text of marker: "CLEBURNE'S & MANEY'S DIVS. July 22, 1864. These troops, with Walker's and Bate's divs., Hardee's A.C. [CSA] made a 15-mi. night march from Atlanta to attack the rear of McPherson's Army of the Tenn. [USA] posted on Flat Shoals Road in East Atlanta. Cleburne's & Maney's move N.W. up Flat Shoals Rd. struck, not the rear but the left flank, of the Fed. 17th A.C. where its line bent eastward. Cleburne's four brigades were deployed on & eastward of the road; Maney's four brigades, W. of it. The immediate area was heavily wooded. Their attack was made somewhat later than Walker's and Bate's, 1 mile E. in the valley of Sugar Creek near Terry's Mill Pond. 044-62 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_cleburnes-maneys-divs
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_cleburnes-maneys-divs
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
