United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Geiger, Charles1996/2014Location: Memorial Dr. near East Side Ave. in AtlantaText 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"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--DeKalb CountyMcPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--BattlefieldsMcPherson's Last Ride historical markerStillImage