An Unexpected Clash - GHM 044-49 – DeKalb Co., GA. - Georgia Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

AN UNEXPECTED CLASH
July 22, 1864. The attack by Walker's & Bate's divs. (Hardee's A.C.) [CSA] struck the two brigades, Mersy's & Rice's, of Sweeny's 16th A.C. div. [USA] enroute to support the 17th in E. Atlanta.

Walker's troops came up Sugar Cr., valley from the S.; Bate's from the high ground eastward.

Sweeny's men hastily formed defensively -- Rice racing 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.

GHM 044-49 - Georgia Historical Commission - 1956

Type of Marker: Highway Marker #: GHM 044-49 Date: 1956 Sponsor: Not listed

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