- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- McPherson's Last Ride historical marker
- Creator:
- Geiger, Charles
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--DeKalb County
McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864
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: Memorial Dr. near East Side Ave. in Atlanta
Text of marker: "McPHERSON'S LAST RIDE. July 22, 1864. When Gen. McPherson heard the firing to the S.E. while at luncheon (Whitefoord Ave. at R.R.), he mounted his horse & sending away most of his staff on various missions, galloped south to this hill. Here, he observed Dodge's 16th A.C. troops in desperate combat with Bate's & Walker's divs. [CSA] in Sugar Cr. valley. Anxious about the left of the 17th A.C. (at Glenwood & Flat Shoals), he proceeded on a road through the pines in that direction, accompanied by an orderly, & Signal Officer, Wm. Sherfy, who reluctantly followed after vainly warning the general that Confederate troops had seized the road. 044-44 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_mcphersons-last-ride
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_mcphersons-last-ride
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
