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|   Kilpatrick's Raid at the Nash Farm - Hampton GA
in U.S. Civil War Sites As the last of Minty’s skirmishers withdrew, Kilpatrick and Eli Murray realign King’s 3rd and 5th Kentucky to confront the quiescent Confederate infantry. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery0 km |  Nash Farm Battlefield - Hampton GA
in Battlefields On August 20, 1864, U.S. General Judson Kilpatrick's cavalry raid escalated at the Nash Farm when 4,700 Federal cavalry charged and broke through the Texans. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 11/8/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view gallery0 km | Kilpatrick's Raid at the Nash Farm - Hampton GA in Battlefields As the last of Minty’s skirmishers withdrew, Kilpatrick and Eli Murray realign King’s 3rd and 5th Kentucky to confront the quiescent Confederate infantry. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 9/15/2022 last visited: 9/15/2022 |
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| "The Old Bronze Gentleman of Lovejoy's Station" - Hampton GA in Battlefields Kilpatrick’s troopers were soon surrounded at Lovejoy’s station and they were forced to fall back. Kilpatrick’s cavalry retreated eastward on the McDonough road and reformed on a ridge located just west of Nash farm. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 9/15/2022 last visited: 9/15/2022 |
 view galleryNW0 km | "The Old Bronze Gentleman of Lovejoy's Station" - Hampton GA in U.S. Civil War Sites Kilpatrick’s troopers were soon surrounded at Lovejoy’s station and they were forced to fall back. Kilpatrick’s cavalry retreated eastward on the McDonough road and reformed on a ridge located just west of Nash farm. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view galleryNW0 km | The "Right Flank" on the McDonough Road - Hampton GA in U.S. Civil War Sites Confederate Lt. General John Bell Hood, inside the fortifications of Atlanta, realizes that the last remaining railroad line that supplied Atlanta would be cut and Atlanta would have to be abandoned. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
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| Kilpatrick's Raid - Hampton GA in Battlefields Just before dark, August 18, 1864, Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick led 4,500 troupers of the 2nd and 3rd Cavalry Divisions from their bivouac at Sandtown. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 9/15/2022 last visited: 9/15/2022 |
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| The Crawford-Dorsey House "In The Midst Of Battles" - Hampton GA in U.S. Civil War Sites In late July 1864, the War Between the States had brought action literally to his doorstep. On the morning of July 29, 1864, McCook’s U.S. raiders moved on Lovejoy’s Station. During the raid, Union soldiers paid their first visit to the Dorsey House. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 9/17/2022 last visited: 9/15/2022 |
 view galleryW2.1 km | The Crawford-Dorsey House "In The Midst Of Battles" - Hampton GA in Battlefields In late July 1864, the War Between the States had brought action literally to his doorstep. On the morning of July 29, 1864, McCook’s U.S. raiders moved on Lovejoy’s Station. During the raid, Union soldiers paid their first visit to the Dorsey House. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 9/15/2022 last visited: 9/15/2022 |
 view galleryW3.4 km | Battle at Lovejoy's Station - Lovejoy GA in Battlefields On Nov. 16th, Kilpatrick moved south through Jonesboro toward Lovejoy's Station (1 mile SE). After skirmishing heavily most of the way, he found Iverson, with two 3-inch guns, occupying earthworks constructed east and west of this point. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 11/8/2020 last visited: 9/24/2021 |
 view galleryNW10 km | Patrick R. Cleburne Cemetery - Jonesboro, GA in U.S. Civil War Sites Confederate Cemetery located in Jonesboro, GA. posted by:  SearchN location: Georgia date approved: 4/20/2008 last visited: 9/16/2022 |
 view galleryNW10.1 km | Battle of Jonesboro - Jonesboro GA in Battlefields The Battle of Jonesborough (modern name Jonesboro) was fought August 31–September 1, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman maneuvered to draw the Army of Tennessee (led by John Bell Hood). posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 11/8/2020 last visited: 10/17/2021 |
 view galleryNW10.1 km | Battle of Jonesborough - Jonesboro GA in U.S. Civil War Sites The Battle of Jonesborough (August 31–September 1, 1864) was fought between Union Army forces led by William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate forces under William J. Hardee during the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 9/17/2022 last visited: 9/16/2022 |
 view galleryN31.2 km | Battle of Atlanta-Fort Walker - Atlanta GA in Battlefields Fort Walker was a Civil War redoubt located on what is now the southeastern corner of Grant Park in Atlanta, Georgia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 11/8/2020 last visited: 10/17/2021 |
 view galleryN31.2 km |  Fort Walker - Atlanta GA
in Historic Forts Southeastern salient of Atlanta’s inner line of (CS) fortifications erected during the Summer & Fall of 1863. The line consisted of a cordon of redoubts on hills connected by rifle pits encircling the city. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/29/2020 last visited: 10/23/2021 |
 view galleryN31.5 km | The Atlanta Cyclorama in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Located in Grant Park next to Zoo Atlanta. Features a museum and guided viewing of the painting. posted by: ChapterhouseInc location: Georgia date approved: 2/15/2007 last visited: 12/24/2021 |
 view galleryN32.3 km | An Unexpected Clash in Atlanta - Atlantic GA in Battlefields Sweeny's men hastily formed defensively - Rice facing E., Mersy S., where Laird's 14th Ohio Battery was posted & where Murphy High School stands. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 9/14/2022 last visited: 9/14/2022 |
 view galleryN33.2 km | Historic Oakland Cemetery in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Oakland Cemetery is a repository for approximately 6,800 soldiers both known and unknown. It has been the site of Memorial Day services since 1866 and boasts two beautiful monuments to the Confederate dead. It is also the final resting place for five generals.
posted by: ChapterhouseInc location: Georgia date approved: 2/19/2007 last visited: 9/1/2019 |
 view galleryN33.6 km | Georgia State Capitol - Atlanta, GA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In 1864 Federal troops encamped on the grounds of Atlanta City Hall. Today's Georgia capitol stands on this site. posted by: Lat34North location: Georgia date approved: 10/8/2007 last visited: 5/7/2022 |
 view galleryN33.6 km | The Evacuation of Atlanta - Atlanta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites On July 30, 1864, General Hood, retaining Stewart´s corps in Atlanta, sent Hardee and Lee to Jonesboro to dispossess the enemy whose seizure of the railway at this point was ominous of the approaching end. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/31/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view galleryN33.6 km | The Seige of Atlanta - Atlanta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites Following these sanguinary Battle of July 22, 1864, enemy entrenched himself to the east and south of Atlanta. Then began the long and fearful seige which, lasting for six weeks, was veritably a reign of terror. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view galleryN33.6 km | Transfer of Command - Atlanta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites Under orders from President Davis, on July 17, 1864, General Joseph E. Johnston, the masterful tactician and soldier, relinquished command of the Army of Tennessee. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 9/30/2021 |
 view galleryN34.4 km | Site of the Confederate Commissary – Atlanta, GA. in U.S. Civil War Sites Site of the Confederate Commissary in Atlanta, GA, during the years 1863 – 64. The Candler Building built by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Griggs Candler where John Wesley Dobbs Ave joins Peachtree Street now occupies this location. posted by: Lat34North location: Georgia date approved: 7/4/2010 last visited: 9/14/2022 |
 view galleryNW35.6 km |  West View Cemetery Abbey - Atlanta GA
in Civil Defense Fallout Shelters It's called Westview Abbey, and was built around 1942 in Gothic style. The mausoleum chapel looks exactly like a 12th century European Gothic chapel. posted by: GA Cacher location: Georgia date approved: 10/23/2007 last visited: 10/23/2007 |
 view galleryN46.7 km |  Naval Air Station Atlanta - Atlanta, GA
in World War II Sites This marker is locates at the site of the old Naval Air Station Atlanta, today’s Peachtree DeKalb Airport. posted by: Lat34North location: Georgia date approved: 4/20/2010 last visited: 5/18/2021 |
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