An Unexpected Clash in Atlanta - Atlantic GA
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Don.Morfe
N 33° 44.834 W 084° 19.911
16S E 747159 N 3737328
Sweeny's men hastily formed defensively - Rice facing E., Mersy S., where Laird's 14th Ohio Battery was posted & where Murphy High School stands.
Waymark Code: WM16PZA
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/14/2022
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Marker is in Atlanta, Georgia, in DeKalb County. Marker is at the intersection of Clifton Street SE and Memorial Drive SE (Georgia Route 154). The Marker is located near Alonzo Crim High School grounds formerly Murphy High School.
TEXT on the Georgia Historical Marker:
An Unexpected Clash
July 22, 1864. The attack by Walker's & Bate's divs. (Hardee's A.C.) (C.S) struck the two brigades Mersy's & Rices's, of Sweeny's 16th A.C. div. (U.S.) enroute to support the 17th in E. Atlanta.
Walker's troops came up Sugar Cr. valley from the S.; Bates's from the high ground eastward. Sweeny's men hastily formed defensively - Rice facing E., Mersy S., the apex of the lines atop the hill where Laird's 14th Ohio Battery was posted & where Murphy High School stands. Blodgett's Missouri Battery H was at Rice's center, facing E. Though greatly outnumbered, Sweeny managed to hold the position, thereby foiling Hardee's thrust at the Federal rear.
Erected 1988 by Georgia Historic Marker. (Marker Number 044-49.)
Name of Battle:
Clash in Atlanta GA
Name of War: U.S. Civil War
Entrance Fee: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Date(s) of Battle (Beginning): 07/22/1864
Parking: Not Listed
Date of Battle (End): Not listed
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