United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Geiger, Charles1996/2014Location: Memorial Dr. near Clay St. in AtlantaText 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"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--DeKalb CountyUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--BattlefieldsRice's Brigade historical markerStillImage