- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Sweeny's Div. Encamped historical marker
- Creator:
- Carter, Gary
- 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: 1500 block of McLendon Ave. in Candler Park in Atlanta
Text of marker: "SWEENY'S DIV. ENCAMPED. July 22, 1864. Sweeny's Div., Dodge's 16th A.C. (Union) was held in reserve some 24 hrs. in a line that crossed the S.W. area of Candler Park. These troops, of McPherson's Army of the Tenn., had moved from Decatur toward Atlanta the day before, and being crowded out of line, were halted here in the rear of the 15th A.C. (astride the Ga. R.R. at Whiteford Ave.). The rt. of Sweeny's line connected with the left of the 23d A.C. (Moreland and Ponce de Leon). July 22. Sweeny's troops were shifted S. of the Ga. R.R. to prolong McPherson's left in E. Atlanta, a move that blocked Hardee's (Confederate) rear attack on Blair's 17th Corps. 044-37 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1985" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_sweenys-div.-encamped
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_sweenys-div
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
