Federal Signal Station – GHM 060-99A – Fulton Co., GA
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N 33° 45.603 W 084° 20.981
16S E 745470 N 3738707
Federal Signal Station State Historical Marker located on the north side of DeKalb Ave. and west of the overpass across Moreland Avenues in Atlanta, GA.
Waymark Code: WM2KBB
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/15/2007
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FEDERAL SIGNAL STATION
July 22, 1864. When 15th A.C. troops moved W. from line (at Candler St.) to the vacated Confederate line at the Troup Hurt house (at DeGress Ave.), a signal station was established by Lt. Samuel Edge in a tall pine near this site commanding a view of fortified Atlanta.
Lt. Edge reported the advance of Confederate forces astride the R.R. and when the 15th A.C. line was broken, he abandoned the station -- returning to it after the line was restored.
Near this site, in 1885, the battlefield was studied from a tower erected by the artists who created the Cyclorama; this established the viewing point of the big picture.
GHM 060-99A - Georgia Historical Commission - 1983
This marker is located behind a chain link fence.