Baker's Brigade – GHM 060-101 – Fulton Co., GA
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N 33° 45.520 W 084° 21.492
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Baker's Brigade State Historical Marker located on Waverly Way at the north end of Springdale Park in Atlanta, GA. (Inman Park).
Waymark Code: WM2K1J
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2007
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BAKER'S BRIGADE
July 22, 1864. Baker's Alabama brigade (Col. J.H. Higley comdg.), Clayton's div., Cheatham's A.C., [CSA] was diverted N.E. in Clayton's attack on the 15th A.C. eastward, thus forming the extreme left of the line extending S. to Glenwood Ave. Higley's troops faced the right sector of the 15th A.C. held by 2 brigades of Woods' div. on the S. slope of Copenhill. A gap of 250 yds. in the swampy area of Clear Creek valley, separated Woods from the right of Morgan Smith's div. where the DeGress battery was posted.
Woods' flank attack on Manigault's line at the Troup Hurt house not only retrieved the battery, but forced Baker's brigade to withdraw.
GHM 060-101 - Georgia Historical Commission - 1956