- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Hood Avenue historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Clayton County
Memorials--Georgia--Clayton County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clayton County, 33.54189, -84.35769
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Intersection of Hood Avenue and Wheeler Drive, on the right when traveling west on Hood Avenue, Fort Gillem
Text of marker: "HOOD AVENUE. Named in honor of General John Bell Hood (USMA 1853), who was a Lieut. General in command of the 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee, CSA, during Atlanta Campaign in 1864. He succeeded General Joseph E. Johnston as commanding general of Confederate forces who were defeated in the Battle of Atlanta and whose troops fought a delaying action on the Depot site during the retreat. Born at Owingsville, Ky., June 1, 1831. Died August 30, 1879. 031-AGD-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1957" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_hood-avenue1
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_hood-avenue1
- 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:
-
