Site of the Confederate Commissary – Atlanta, GA.
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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.
Waymark Code: WM95RZ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/03/2010
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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.
This is a small plaque located on the side of the Candler building noting the hsitory of the spot.
The following is from Atlanta and Environs, A Chronicle of Its people and Events
Volume 1 – page 551
By Franklin M. Garrett
Published by the University Press, Athens
“The strategic location of Atlanta as a center of transportation within the Confederacy inspired the establishment therein of numerous confederate army service headquarters and depots.”
“The Commissary Department headquarters, as previously noted were in a framed structure at Peachtree, Pryor and Houston (now John Wesley Dobbs Ave) streets on the present site of the Candler Building.”
Address:
127 Peachtree St
Atlanta, GA 30303
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