- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Wheeler's Cav. Intrenched historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- 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: Located at the top of the I-20 eastbound exit ramp at Moreland Avenue in Atlanta
Text of marker: "WHEELER'S CAV. INTRENCHED. July 20, 1864. Wheeler's thin gray line of dismounted cavalry [CSA] was the rt. flank of Atlanta's defenders. Forced W. from Clay St. in the afternoon by Blair's 17th A.C., [Union] Wheeler's line ran S. from the Ga. R.R. to this hill. July 21. Before dawn, Wheeler was replaced by Cleburne's div. (Hardee's A.C.) [CSA] which was shifted from Peachtree Cr. battlefield to meet the advance of the Federals from Decatur. Blair's 17th A.C., resuming the offensive, made its main attack upon the hill. Leggett's div. of the 17th, forced Cleburne's withdrawal - thereby gaining a point on Atlanta's outer defenses - the eminence known as Leggett's Hill. 044-66 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_wheelers-cav.-intrenched
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_wheelers-cav-2
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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