- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Leggett's Hill historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--DeKalb County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located at the top of the I-20 eastbound exit ramp at Moreland Avenue in Atlanta
Text of marker: "LEGGETT'S HILL. July 22, 1864. Blair's 17th A.C., McPherson's Army of the Tenn. [Union] was aligned S. of Logan's 15th astride the Ga. R. R. Leggett's div. of the 17th held the line from Logan's left, to & including the hill. An extension S.E. on Flat Shoals Rd. to Glenwood was occupied by the other division of the 17th A.C., under Giles Smith. Smith's div., outflanked by Cleburne's troops, was driven to the S. slope of Leggett's Hill. This was followed by concerted attacks on front, flank & rear by Cleburne's & Maney's divs. (Hardee's A.C.), together with Stevenson's (Cheatham's A.C.) [CSA] - a battle regarded as the major engagement of the Atlanta Campaign. 044-67 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_leggetts-hill
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_leggetts-hill
- 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:
-
