The Degrees Battery - GHM 060-96 – Fulton Co. GA
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N 33° 45.612 W 084° 21.183
16S E 745158 N 3738716
July 22, 1864. The Battle of Atlanta. Light Battery H, 1st Ill. (four 20-pounders), Capt. Francis DeGress, was posted here on right of M.L. Smith's div., Logan's 15th A.C. Shells from these guns are said to have been the first to fall in Atlanta.
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Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2007
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THE DEGREES BATTERY
July 22, 1864. Light Battery H, 1st Ill. (four 20-pounders), Capt. Francis DeGress, was posted here on right of M.L. Smith's div., Logan's 15th A.C. Shells from these guns are said to have been the first to fall in Atlanta.
Late afternoon. Manigault's brigade (Confederate) broke the Federal line at the R.R., forcing Martin's brigade, S. of it & Lightburn's N. of it, to withdraw. DeGress' gunners spiked the pieces & the horses were shot to prevent the removal of the guns by their Confederate captors.
The line was retaken in a counter-charge by Martin & Lightburn, aided by Mersy's 16th A.C. brigade. Capt. DeGress re-possessed his guns.
GHM 060-96 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
Located on the west side of DeGress Ave at the point where DeGress Ave turns east. This marker is a short walk from the Inman Park/Reynoldstown MARTA Station and is one of 7 markers in the area.