- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Ward's Div. Deployed historical marker
- Creator:
- Massar, Todd
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Fulton County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Colonial Homes Dr. at Bobby Jones Golf Course, Atlanta
Text of marker: "WARD'S DIV. DEPLOYED. July 20, 1864. Gen. W. T Ward's 3d div., 20th A.C., having crossed the creek at Peachtree Road, moved to the low ground at stream-side, its three brigades aligned westward, facing S. from E. to W. were Wood's, Coburn's & Harrison's brigades. Wood's left joined Newton's 4th A.C. div. on Peachtree Rd; Harrison's right rested at Tanyard Branch; Coburn's at center. South of the flat were two parallel ridges, separated by a ravine. Ward's troops [Federal] advanced to the first ridge from which they met the attack by Hood's forces [Confederate] from the S., topping the rise of the 2d ridge where Collier Rd. is located, & descending toward the ravine. 060-32 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_wards-div.-deployed
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_wards-div-2
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
