- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Rice's Brigade historical marker
- Creator:
- Geiger, Charles
- 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: Memorial Dr. near Clay St. in Atlanta
Text of marker: "RICE'S BRIGADE. July 22, 1864. Gen. E. W. Rice's brigade [USA] was hastily deployed in open ground to meet the attack by Bate's div. [CSA] The 66th Ind. was posted on the hill (Murphy High School) adjacent to Laird's 14th Ohio Battery; leftward, to & along Clay Rd., were the 2d & 7th Iowa regts. with Blodgett's 1st Mo. Battery H between them - the 52d Ill. in reserve. These troops faced East. The rt. angular alignment of Rice's & Mersy's brigades, together with the timely placement of artillery at the apex, on a commanding hill, resolved a critical situation brought about by the absence of cavalry on the left & rear of McPherson's Army of the Tennessee. 044-48 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_rices-brigade
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_rices-brigade
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
